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Viachorka addresses Coordination Council election results and democratic forces concerns

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's advisor, Franak Viachorka, during the III Congress on Political Prisoners in Belarus #WithoutJustCause. Vilnius, May 21, 2026. Photo: Belsat
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's advisor, Franak Viachorka, during the III Congress on Political Prisoners in Belarus #WithoutJustCause. Vilnius, May 21, 2026. Photo: Belsat

2,113 people voted in the elections to the IV convocation of the Coordination Council – three times fewer than last time. Amid criticism and talk of a crisis within the Belarusian opposition, Belsat asked Franak Viachorka, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's chief advisor, how he assesses the results of the vote and who he voted for. "Against the backdrop of repression and general fatigue – could it have been otherwise?"