Monthly Archive: December 2000

BULLETINS “IISEPS NEWS” N 4 (18) DECEMBER

IISEPS News, N 4 (18), 2000 Content: Preface Life in Our Time: Results of a national public opinion poll (Autumn – 2000) Open Forum: M. Chigir, Former Prime-Minister of the Republic of Belarus Present State and Prospects of Development of the Belarusian Economy Bookshelf: Dr. L. Zaiko, Analytical Center “Strategy” Oleg Manaev. “Emerging of a …

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ELECTION PLATFORM FOR A WIDE DEMOCRATIC COALITION NEEDED

As was repeatedly stated, there are millions in Belarus who are not proponents of present authorities’ policy. However, the majority of them have not yet taken the side of the opposition. Why Belarus’s political elite does not use considerable public support? See Table 1 for opinions of representatives of domestic elite.

ELITE AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

As we could see from Table 1, the overwhelming majority of leaders (86.8%), regardless of structures they represent, do not want to see A. Lukashenko as the country’s president for another term. From the time of the previous survey this opinion has not almost changed.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: LANDSCAPE AFTER BATTLE

1. Election is valid
Sociological surveys on problems of the parliamentary election were conducted both before and after the first round, which took place on October 15 of 2000. Therefore, we could talk about its results and possible outcomes with confidence. The most important result: in line with the results of the nationwide opinion poll, some 58.8% of the adult population took part in the election (and only one third of surveyed leaders and experts – but what elite decides in our country?…),