Belarus leader ‘has no right to run again’

OPPOSITION leader Alexander Milinkevich said yesterday that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko must be excluded from any rerun of presidential elections.

Opponents already have called for the allegedly fraudulent weekend elections, that gave Mr Lukashenko a third term in office, to be repeated.

“We are demanding a repeat election without the participation of Lukashenko. For us, this is very important. He does not have the constitutional right” to run again, Mr Milinkevich said.