'How many grandmas should it take to oust one grandpa?' Retirees rally against Belarus' president

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Thousands of retirees rally in the Belarusian capital of Minsk to demand the resignation of the country's longtime authoritarian president.

About 3,000 retirees rallied in the Belarusian capital of Minsk for a third straight Monday to demand the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko as mass protests against a disputed election continue to roil the country.

They marched through the streets carrying flowers and chanting for Lukashenko, 66, to “go away!” One banner said: “How many grandmas should it take to oust one grandpa?” Pro-Lukashenko pensioners also rallied in the capital. About 2,000 people — many of them men in military and security-forces uniforms — converged on Minsk’s Independence Square with national flags and banners that said, “For peace, prosperity and traditional values.” Local media reported that some had been bused to the rally in what appeared to be an state-organized effort.that was widely seen as rigged.

The authorities tried to disperse the mostly peaceful crowds with truncheons, stun grenades and water cannons, and they have made mass detentions. On Monday, the country’s Interior Ministry threatened to use firearms against them “if need be,” saying the rallies “have become organized and extremely radical.”

 

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