DUSHANBE, October 12, 2015, Asia-Plus – Belarus incumbent president, who has ruled for 20 years, retained power after winning nearly 83.50% of the vote and could now see EU sanctions lifted for four months
Alexander Lukashenko has won a fifth term as president of Belarus with a landslide victory.
According to Belarusian media outlets, the central election commission said late on Sunday that Lukashenko won 83.49% of the vote. Turnout was 86.75%, the commission added. …read more
Source: ASIA-Plus