Why the Round Table is the Way Out for Everyone

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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.

For the past several years, we have lived in a state of confrontation. A confrontation that simply would not exist if one person had not decided that his power was worth any sacrifice — mass terror, a split in society, the destruction of normal relations with all neighbors except Russia, complicity in war, isolation, and economic stagnation.

And today, looking at the state Belarus is in, we must ask ourselves one honest question: where has this led? Has anyone's life improved? Has the state become stronger? Has the people become happier?

The answer is obvious. The crisis does not resolve itself — it only deepens, dragging the country into a whirlpool from which it will be harder to escape with each passing year.

At the same time, it is important to understand that we did not attack first. We were defending the right of Belarusians to be masters of their own land. Just as in 2020, we initially proposed a dialogue. Back then, the system responded with violence and terror, choosing the path of force. But look at the result: where has it led? To isolation? To the loss of sovereignty to Moscow? To a constant fear of one's own people?

Even today, after everything that has happened, we are not attacking. Once again, as we did five years ago, we are proposing a dialogue. And this is not a sign of weakness — it is a sign of responsibility for the future of Belarus.

That is precisely why today I want to ask several questions to those who are inside the current system of power. To those who make decisions daily in ministerial offices or carry out orders in the security structures.

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