白俄罗斯选举委员会允许7名忠于卢卡申科的政客竞选他

统治该国30多年的卢卡申科在对反对派和自由媒体进行无情镇压后正在寻求第七个任期。

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ election commission on Monday allowed seven politicians to start collecting signatures to run against President Alexander Lukashenko in January's election, in an apparent bid to create a semblance of competition to the longtime authoritarian ruler.

爱沙尼亚塔林（美联社）——白俄罗斯选举委员会周一允许七名政界人士开始收集签名，以在一月份的选举中与总统亚历山大·卢卡申科竞选，显然是为了与这位长期独裁统治者形成竞争。

Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than 30 years, is seeking a seventh term following a relentless crackdown on the opposition and free media.

统治该国30多年的卢卡申科在对反对派和自由媒体进行无情镇压后正在寻求第七个任期。

The election, scheduled for Jan. 26, would come 4 1/2 years after the 2020 presidential vote that was rejected by the opposition and the West as rigged with fraud and triggered massive nationwide protests. Belarusian authorities responded to the demonstrations with a sweeping crackdown on dissent, resulting in about 65,000 people arrested.

这次选举定于 1 月 26 日举行，距 2020 年总统选举 4.5 年举行，该次选举被反对派和西方国家否决，认为存在舞弊行为，并引发了全国范围内的大规模抗议。白俄罗斯当局对示威活动进行了全面镇压异见人士，导致约 65,000 人被捕。

Major opposition figures were either imprisoned or fled the country in the crackdown. Human rights activists say Belarus now holds about 1,300 political prisoners and that many of them are denied adequate medical care and contact with their families.

主要反对派人士在镇压中要么被监禁，要么逃离该国。人权活动人士表示，白俄罗斯目前关押着约 1,300 名政治犯，其中许多人无法获得足够的医疗护理，也无法与家人联系。

Lukashenko has relied on subsidies and political support from his main ally, Russia, to survive the protests. He allowed Moscow to use Belarusian territory to send troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

卢卡申科依靠其主要盟友俄罗斯的补贴和政治支持来度过抗议活动。他允许莫斯科于 2022 年 2 月使用白俄罗斯领土向乌克兰派遣军队。

Last week, Belarus' Central Election Commission registered an initiative group for Lukashenko to prepare for the race. On Monday, it also permitted seven politicians to begin collecting signatures to be able to run, including Sergei Syrankov of the Communist Party, Oleg Gaidukevich, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, and former Interior Ministry spokeswoman Olga Chеmоdanova.

上周，白俄罗斯中央选举委员会为卢卡申科注册了一个倡议小组，为竞选做准备。周一，该法案还允许七名政界人士开始收集竞选签名，其中包括共产党的谢尔盖·西兰科夫、自由民主党领导人奥列格·盖杜克维奇和前内政部发言人奥尔加·切莫达诺娃。

“Those are alternative candidates, and I believe they just want to safeguard the incumbent,” Lukashenko said of his aspiring token challengers.

“这些都是替代候选人，我相信他们只是想保护现任者，”卢卡申科在谈到他有抱负的象征性挑战者时说道。

Each of the candidates is required to collect at least 100,000 signatures until Dec. 6 to enter the race.

每位候选人必须在 12 月 6 日之前收集至少 10 万个签名才能参加竞选。

Last week, the commission refused to register initiative groups for two opposition politicians who aspired to enter the race.

上周，该委员会拒绝为两名渴望参加竞选的反对派政客注册倡议团体。

“There are candidates, but no competition in this election,” said Valery Karbalevich, an independent political analyst. “Lukashenko fears a replay of the 2020 protests, his trauma is still fresh and so he will carry out the vote in a format when the result is predetermined.”

“这次选举有候选人，但没有竞争，”独立政治分析师瓦列里·卡尔巴列维奇说。 “卢卡申科担心2020年的抗议活动重演，他的创伤仍然历历在目，因此他将在结果确定后以某种形式进行投票。”

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who is in exile after challenging Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election, denounced January's vote as a farce and urged Belarusians to vote against all candidates.

在 2020 年总统选举中挑战卢卡申科后流亡的斯维亚特兰娜·齐哈努斯卡娅 (Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya) 谴责 1 月份的投票是一场闹剧，并敦促白俄罗斯人投票反对所有候选人。

“We are offering people to voice their protest by voting against all those who are robbing us of our right to vote,” said Tsikhanouskaya, whose husband Siarhei Tsikhanouski is serving a 19 1/2-year prison sentence after trying to run against Lukashenko. “This is not an election but an imitation of an electoral process held amid terror when alternative candidates and observers aren't allowed.”

“我们让人们通过投票反对所有那些剥夺我们投票权的人来表达他们的抗议，”齐哈努斯卡娅说。她的丈夫齐哈努斯基 (Siarhei Tsikhanouski) 在试图竞选卢卡申科后正在服 19 1/2 年的监禁。 “这不是一场选举，而是在不允许其他候选人和观察员的情况下，在恐怖气氛下进行的选举过程的模仿。”

During February's parliamentary and local elections, in which only candidates loyal to Lukashenko were allowed to compete, Belarus for the first time also refused to invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the vote.

在二月份的议会和地方选举中，只有忠于卢卡申科的候选人才能参加选举，白俄罗斯还首次拒绝邀请欧洲安全与合作组织观察员监督投票。