Sunday’s vote went ahead despite calls for a boycott from the opposition that dismissed the balloting as a “senseless farce”. READ MOREOpposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who is in exile in Lithuania after challenging Mr Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election, urged voters to boycott the elections. “We are calling to boycott this senseless farce, to ignore this election without choice.”Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called for a boycott of the elections. Election officials said nearly a quarter of the country’s voters cast ballots during the first three days of early voting. Election officials said on Sunday that more than 40 per cent of voters had cast ballots during early voting from Tuesday to Saturday.

Source: The Irish Times February 26, 2024 15:49 UTC