Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is forcing his citizens abroad to return to their homeland to streamline documents or re-register property.
The President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, forbade consular missions to renew new and old passports to Belarusian citizens on the territory of other states. According to the Decree “On the procedure for issuing documents and processing”, signed by the president of Belarus on September 4 and published on the website, now to get a new passport and to renew or replace an old one, you need to contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of last registration in Belarus needs. Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya warned her compatriots that returning to her homeland could be dangerous.
Deutsche Welle reports.
The decree also introduces new rules regarding property transactions. Now in order to formalize the property transaction with a notary, both parties will have to be present personally or present a power of attorney issued on the territory of Belarus.
Svyatlana Tikhanovskaya said on her Telegram channel: “Today, the Lukashenka regime refused the consular assistance of Belarusians. Thus, the state withdrew itself from another sphere of life that had to take care of citizens.”
Tikhanovskaya added that the democratic opposition forces are ready to issue “new Belarusian passports”, which will help solve the problem of passports and solve the problem of legalization.
“We are already in consultation with the European Commission this month and I will raise this issue in the European Parliament and the UN General Assembly,” the opposition leader said. he promised.
The opposition presented the new Belarusian passport at the New Belarus conference in Warsaw last month. The document is intended for Belarusians who cannot return to their homeland to change their passport.
Earlier we wrote that the Belarusian was sentenced to indefinite psychiatric treatment “for insulting Lukashenka”.
Recall that in May the State Duma of Russia tightened the rules for citizens traveling abroad.
Source: Focus
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