Pavel Latushka: We stand for restoring the nuclear-free status to the Constitution of Belarus

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Pavel Latushka: Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus, Representative of the Cabinet for the Transition of Power, Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, Leader of the "Latushka Team and the Movement 'For Freedom'" faction within the 3rd convocation of the Coordination Council.

"Lies lead to crimes, and crimes concealed by lies by pseudo-leaders lead to catastrophes. This is exactly what happened in the times of the Soviet Union, when the leadership of the BSSR and the USSR lied to us about what had happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. And this led to numerous casualties," — stated Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and delegate of the Coordination Council, during his speech at the Chernobyl Way march "For an Independent Nuclear-Free Belarus", held on 26 April in Warsaw on the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe.

"Today, an organised criminal group led by Lukashenko is committing the greatest crime in the history of Europe in the 21st century against the European Belarusian people. They lie about their crimes and expand their scale. And at this time we have no right to allow lies to prevail. We must tell the truth about what is happening in our Belarus," — emphasised the Deputy Head of the Cabinet.

Pavel Latushka at the "Chernobyl Way" rally in Warsaw on 26 April, on the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. Source: pring96.org

During his speech, Pavel Latushka recalled how, while serving as ambassador to France, he had proposed to the Lukashenko government that a French company oversee the construction of the Ostrovets nuclear power plant. This was proposed so that all international safety standards would be met during construction, but Lukashenko refused, opting for services from Russia. The result of that decision is that to this day we do not know how safe the Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant actually is.

"Lukashenko did not stop there. In 2022, he initiated — having of course falsified it — an amendment to the Constitution, stripping our country of its nuclear-free and neutral status."

Pavel Latushka noted that it was Lukashenko who, by implementing his anti-Belarusian policy, painted a nuclear target on the heads of Belarusian citizens. He sold Belarus's foreign and military policy to the Kremlin. Through his aggressive actions and rhetoric, he made Belarus a threat to European countries.

"As long as this regime rules and implements its treacherous policy, we will be under the threat of destruction. We stand for restoring the nuclear-free status of our country to the Constitution of Belarus. For stopping support for the aggression against Ukraine and stopping the war against Europe — and for this we will fight: both the United Transitional Cabinet and, I hope, the re-elected Coordination Council," — stated Pavel Latushka.

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