What does Lukashenko demand from Belarusians?

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.

Not long ago, the dictator said a phrase that might have seemed harmless if not for its deeper meaning:"I have always asked one thing from you — give me the economy. Give me bridges, roads, milk, meat, and so on. And the military matters — leave them to me, security is my concern, I will deal with it".

It sounds almost like an order. "Give me" is not a request but a demand, addressed not to subordinate ministries, but to an entire nation. The people are the suppliers; the regime is the consumer. In this rhetoric one hears an old occupation motif: the authorities demand, the population must obey.

And what does the dictator offer the people of Belarus in return for these "bridges, roads, milk and meat"?

Does he propose an increase in social benefits, a reduction of taxes and utility payments, including housing and communal services?

Source photo: people.onliner.by

No — quite the opposite. Social guarantees are shrinking, taxes and utility payments are rising. Lukashenko has reached such a level of cynicism toward the people of the country that in the draft law on the national budget for 2026 he included an amount of revenue from fines that is 27% higher than this year. He plans to fine Belarusians 310.3 million rubles. The dictator has already assumed that next year every residentб from newborns to pensioners, will inevitably violate something and pay, on average, 34 rubles in fines.

The regime lives at the expense of the population, and the population is obligated to "give" — to work, endure, remain silent. Everything else is a “security matter” that people should not interfere with. Fear replaces law, and obedience replaces freedom and dignity.

"Give me the economy", Lukashenko says — and this is not an economic slogan, but an admission of the regime’s essence: the people exist to feed his power.

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