"I believe we won because we conquered our fear."

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya spoke at a press conference after the elections

I believed in it. The entire election campaign showed enormous support from the Belarusian people. A huge number of people came out to rallies, this has never happened in our Belarus. There was an incredible number of observers, not everything worked out, but we tried our best. I would like to separately thank those election commissions that counted honestly , this is also a feat. Our people woke up. I am very glad that they began to actively participate in political life. People finally overcame their fear. Many have yet to do this. Many thanks to everyone - headquarters, volunteers, everyone who was there. I believe that we won because we overcame our fear, we overcame our apoliticality, we overcame apathy and indifference. These are victories that are more important than all other victories.

Photo in the announcement: Tatyana Zenkovich / EPA / Scanpix / LETA