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West Condemns Belarus Election as Unfair

The international community is condemning elections in Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko won his third term in office. Both the United States and the European Union say there are "serious flaws" in the election where the incumbent President took home 82.6 percent of the vote.

However, President Lukashenko calls the talk nothing more than "foreign pressure," and has received congratulations from a key ally for the ex-Soviet state, Russia`s Vladimir Putin. The U.S. and E.U. say that Lukashenko is little more than a dictator, after he has spent 10 years in office in Belarus.

Protests in the capital, Minsk, are led by leading opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich who says Lukashenko is an "illegal, illegitimate president." Milinkevich says, "Our protest will be strong and long. We will never recognize this election. It`s not an election but an anti-constitutional seizure of power."