MINSK, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during his trip around the Minsk Region Friday that he was sure of victory in the country's elections in 2006.
Lukashenko said his nation would support him. "Why wouldn't they? We did nothing bad, we did not rob the country," he said.
According to the president, the opposition's interests lie abroad. "They will hang on and play on for a year, and then this weak opposition will be nowhere to be seen," he promised.
Lukashenko said broadcasting from abroad in Belarus did not worry him at all.
Last year Lukashenko called a constitutional referendum, which lifted a prohibition on holding presidential office for more than two terms. However, the West did not acknowledge the outcome of the referendum. The U.S. and the European Union earlier announced their intention to provide funding for independent broadcasting around Belarus from abroad.
