03.05.2001
The project
The appeal of Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenkom the president of Belarus to the people of
Belarus.
Dear compatriots, citizens of the Republic of Belarus!
In 1994 when you elected me as the president of the Republic of Belarus, I sincerely believed that I would be able to do a lot for the people. In that time, it really seemed that having formed a team of the adherents, having put business and requiring leaders on managing posts we would be really able to start factories, develop an agriculture, make the average salary equal to European, improve life of our people. 7 years has passed. For these years I have made every effort to change life of our people, however to tell the truth, I should recognise that in 1994 I did not imagine all complexity of tasks which should be solved by me. Having undertaken the responsibility for all processes that take place in Belarus, I have gradually found out that the slow bureaucratic vertical created by me became a brake in the development itself. It seemed that actively interfering in all spheres of life I would manage to correct them with the advantage for business, in reality everything has resulted in that the officials on places finished to do everything without my instructions being feared to lose a post.
I sincerely hoped that having restored a socialist planned economics I would manage to solve increasing as a now ball problems of the industry and agriculture. Everything was not so as I imagined. The broken connections between former republics of the USSR, absence of raw resources did not allow this system to function effectively enough as it was very prodigal and non-thrifty. I thought that I would be able a lot of good things for people but I was mistaken on many aspects. I am sorry before the people for the mistakes! I am sorry for the time missed by our country on my fault, for the pre-election promises which did not come true!
Understanding, that my further stay in the rank of the President of Belarus leads to the confrontation in the society, taking care about the interests of the people of Belarus, I leave this post. Let’s new leaders come with new fresh ideas which probably will be more effective than mine. My powers according to the Constitution will be executed by the prime minister. I have prepare the documents to form a temporary government of the national concordance which main task will be operative management of the country and preparation and realisation of democratic elections appropriate to the international norms of democracy and the elective legislation.
I sincerely wished and I wish goods to the people.
Yours faithfully.
The president of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
(It is offered to A. G. Lukashenko to read at the 18.05.2001congress)
It is prepared by Valery Levonevski
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