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‘No’ to political reforms in Belarus ahead of presidential elections

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‘No’ to political reforms in Belarus ahead of presidential elections

The National Academy’s Sociology Institute director Kotliarov said that a sociological poll would be held in Belarus concerning the modernization of the political system.

Usually the Belarusian government raises the issue of reforming the power structure ahead of the election campaigns. In this way, it provides a vent in society and stirs up controversies among the president Lukashenko’s opponents. The statement about modernizing the political system also coincides with the resumption of Belarus’ Western-oriented foreign policy. Yet such rhetoric has never resulted in any noticeable transformations for the political system. President Lukashenko has no real intention to make any changes in the Belarus’ institutional design ahead of the 2015 presidential elections.

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