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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has created the Coordination council to ensure the peaceful power transition. Nobel laureate Sviatlana Alexievich, human right defender Ales Bialacki, activists Maria Kalesnikava and Pavel Belavus, and dozens of others have joined, including workers.
Tomorrow, the council plans to elect the workgroup, which will consist of 7 persons. This group will be representing interests of protesters, participants of nation-wide strikes, Belarus intelligentsia
People in the Council represent different groups with different interests. It can be helpful but also dangerous. Decisions in such groups are usually made long and inefficient. The authorities will do everything to split the newly created institution and its members.
The most important to make this Council the actual center of alternative power,where all those who are on strike or support changes, including officials, can come, negotiate, feel certainty and receive guarantees. Let's see if this newly formed Council will have enough legitimacy
So far, Lukashenka's power vertical is in place. Yes, some officials are taking the side of the protesters. Many are sabotaging. The system is crashing, but it still works. No institutional change yet. If this continues, the protests will subside
