For Belarus! (original) (raw)

For Belarus! (За Беларусь! in both Russian and Belarusian) was a campaign slogan used in Belarus starting in 2004 to push for constitutional alterations inside the country, which consisted of (1) enabling a citizen to become the country's president for more than two times (as had been the case until 2004) and (2) to allow the current president Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term. The campaign was usually announced and spread by using television airtime, public concerts or billboards erected in the country. The campaign was used again in the 2006 presidential elections, with the addition of a song played on Belarusian Television on the day of the elections. The campaign was also used by the BRSM to support the government's discourse on patriotism (in contrast to that of the politic