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Lukashenka to West: You have no right to teach democracy to others as you killed people

The West has no right to teach democracy to other nation as it killed innocent people, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said in an interview recently given to The Independent and the BBC.

“You, the Americans, NATO and the West in general, should keep quiet and still like mice under the broom,” the Belarusian leader said. “You have no right to say something from the UN podium. Moreover, you have no right to say anything at all because you killed people. Two generations have to elapse before children forget what you’ve done.”

“We need a normal life for people, a normal economy, security for people and so on,” Mr. Lukashenka said. “Democracy should come from the people. The people gave you powers through elections and you should use these powers in the interests of the people. But you currently interpret democracy as broadly as you like. I and the Belarusian people don’t need this democracy if there are no good economic conditions, if a man cannot work on his land and make a living, if he cannot take a piece of land, if he cannot build a house, plant a tree, bring up his children, if he is afraid to allow them out, if the most advanced production facilities are destroyed.”

“The main thing you cannot dispute is that the democracy that exists in America and in your country, the democracy that kills millions of innocent people outside the country is not acceptable for us,” Mr. Lukashenka said. “Lord forbid that my children be killed for the sake of some democracy. None of the Belarusians would want to be shot and killed and have bombs dropped on their heads for democracy to be established as a result. What kind of democracy is it if the people don’t want it? We don’t need such democracy. We don’t need a revolution exported from the outside.”

According to Mr. Lukashenka, each nation should have a democracy that fits its state system. “I don’t like your democracy, but I cannot change you because you have an arsenal of nuclear weapons and a lot of money,” he said. “You will develop your democracy and we will develop ours…. But why do you meddle in our traditions and our laws, those of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine? Why do you try to impose a system whereby we would be elected by a minority as is the case in America. This is absolutely unacceptable and incomprehensible for our people, even smart people and intellectuals…. They try to teach us, but we don’t want this. We want a president to be elected by a majority. Our president was elected by a majority. Do you doubt this? Do you want to say that we falsified everything? Produce specific facts. They just cannot tolerate Lukashenka. They want a man from the fifth column [to come to power], no matter how… Anyone rather than Lukashenka. This is the main stumbling block! And why? Because he pursues this policy.” //BelaPAN