• Arghblarg@lemmy.ca
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    Any leader who has to sign legislation stating they have lifelong immunity from prosecution, probably needs to be prosecuted for the rest of their long life.

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    Sounds like a sign of weakness, tbh.

    He’s been in power for a very long time and hasn’t needed this before.

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    And that’s how assassination becomes a national hobby.

    I mean there was this old Italian guy that tried that a few thousand years ago. I can’t remember how it ended.

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      I mean there was this old Italian guy that tried that a few thousand years ago. I can’t remember how it ended.

      With his adopted son as dictator. Not the best example.

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        He was also recognized as a god by the Roman state after his death as a stern lesson to all those aspiring dictators out there.

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    That sounds good and all on paper, but it’s really only as binding as the people that come in after him are willing to let it be. I can imagine a law being passed later on just repealing this law and he’s right back to square one, assuming he doesn’t just hold onto power until he dies and/or Russia doesn’t annex Belarus.

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      “But… but but… I wrote it on a paper, official aper with my signature you have to follow the laaaw!”

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        I mean, this is the guy whose dream job is Russian Colonel.

        Head of state of a theoretically sovereign nation, appears to genuinely aspire to… Being a colonel. One step above what his rank used to be.

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      Also: when the law is unjust, the just break the law.

      I see lynch mobs in his future. Probably not soon, but eventually.

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    Fuck it. I declare myself King of Belarus. Luka will hang by his balls tonight at midnight.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    The behind the scenes in Belarus and Russia must be going worse than anyone knows if he feels the need to do this.

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      Well, Belarus was already almost in a state of revolution when the russian army came to save Lukachenko. Now the russian army is kinda busy with other stuff

  • MonsterMonster@lemmy.world
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    He knows he’s fucked up and that the writing is on the wall for him. Putin is on borrowed time and so is he.

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    Isn’t this more or less admission of wrongdoings and criminal activities from his part? Like those monopoly cards to skip the jail.

  • BenLeMan@lemmy.world
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    He won’t be prosecuted in court anyway. It’s probably going to be a trial of the ratatatat-tat style like Ceaucescu’s. All this does is show how pathetic Lukashenko really is.