Another potential candidate for the presidency of Belarus has withdrawn from the elections.
The head of the main department of ideological work and youth affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee and the head of the Minsk city organization of the Belarusian Union of Women, Olga Chemodanova, refused to participate in the presidential race.
Her statement is cited by BELTA .
Why Chemodanova refused to participate in the elections
As the main ideologist of Minsk said, she decided to withdraw from the elections in favor of the current president Alexander Lukashenko, since there is a demand in society for consolidation around him.
Chemodanova noted that today no one except Lukashenko can ensure the country’s security.
We are our president's team. We were and remain this team, - stated the head of the Minsk city organization of the BSW.
Earlier, the head of the Belarusian Union of Officers, Sergei Bobrikov, withdrew from the elections in favor of the incumbent president.
