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34 Amendments of Sandra KALNIETE related to 2020/2081(INI)

Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the statement of the President of the European Parliament of 13 August and the leaders of the five political groups of 17 August on the situation in Belarus following the presidential election of 9 August,
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council 14 August and European Council on 19 August on the situation in Belarus following the presidential election of 9 August,
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the 2020 presidential elections have thus far followed the same pattern as the parliamentary elections;deleted
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the presidential election campaign was marred by widespread bureaucratic interference favouring the incumbent, intimidation and repression towards other candidates, their families and supporters, denial of registration of candidates who collected sufficient number of signatures, multiple arrests, attempts to silence independent journalists, bloggers and take down dissident websites on the internet;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas independent platforms established by civil society organisations of Belarus (such as Golos - Belarus2020.org) conducted independent exit polls and analysed protocols of more than 200 precinct electoral commissions, which released genuine results, that clearly point to the fact that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya received an absolute majority of votes (in the range of 71.1% to 97.6%);
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the Central Election Committee announced Alexander Lukashenko as the winner of the election allegedly receiving 80.10% and his main opponent Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya 10.12%, irregularities during the polling days were reported constantly, people were often denied their right to vote, protocols from polling precincts were falsified;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas the Belarusian authorities did not comply with minimum international standards for a credible, transparent, free and fair presidential election process;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas peaceful protests expressing a desire for democratic change and freedom started already on the night of Sunday 9 August in Minsk and many other cities around the country, the scale of protests is unprecedented in the history of Belarus going into the hundreds of thousands;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)
Gf. whereas the authorities responded to peaceful protests with disproportionate brute force, heavy use of tear gas, batons, flash grenades and water cannons, several thousand protestors were detained, there have been reports of torture, rape, missing persons, several people have been found dead so far;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)
Gg. whereas Lukashenko and his regime have approved these criminal actions and pogroms by OMON of innocent people and whereas more than 7000 Belarusians were detained, more than 400 hospitalised, 5 confirmed dead and dozens still missing, while further arrests and harassment of activists, including journalists, are still taking place all over Belarus;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G h (new)
Gh. whereas the European Union and its Member States did not recognise the results of the presidential election due to substantial doubt about the fairness of the election, condemned the disproportionate, unacceptable use of force against peaceful protestors and supported the right of the people of Belarus to determine their future;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G i (new)
Gi. whereas the European Council decided to impose sanctions against a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression and the falsification of the election results in Belarus prohibiting them from entering into the EU and freezing their financial assets in the EU;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) insist that any EU macro-financial support for mitigating the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is conditional on strict political criteria, notably those linked to democracy and human rights, nuclear safety concerns voiced by some of the EU Member States and threats posed by Belarus-Russia military cooperation, and that adequate measures are taken to combat the virus and protect the population;deleted
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) pay close attention to the fallout of the presidential election campaign and insist that a lack of progress innot conducting new elections in according toance with international standards and further crackdowns against the opposition will have direct adverse effects on relations with the EU;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) insist that the upcoming constitutional reform is a crusupports the initiative of the Belarusian People's Coordination Councial opportunity to introduce genuine changes which would address the weaknesses of the current political system and enable the Belarusian people to participate more actively in political lifeto immediately reintroduce the Constitution of 1994, which can be done through a national referendum;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) strongly support the decision to not recognise the election results as announced by the Belarusian Central Electoral Committee, not to recognise Alexander Lukashenko as president of the country once his current term of office expires; note that the current presidential term in Belarus ends at the latest on 5 November 2020 and after that date a position of the President of Belarus will be vacant. According to the article 81 of the Constitution of Belarus in this case new election of President has to be held not earlier than 30 days and not later than 70 days;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) recommend to recognise Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya as president elect by the people, until new elections have taken place;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) demand that new elections take place as soon as possible under international supervision led by OSCE/ODIHR in the presence of international observers, guaranteeing that the election is conducted in accordance with internationally recognised standards;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
(gd) recommend to recognise the Belarusian People's Coordination Council as the legitimate representative of the people demanding democratic change and freedom in Belarus;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
(ge) welcome the efforts of the Belarusian People's Coordination Council for a peaceful and democratic transition of power as a result of an inclusive national dialogue;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g f (new)
(gf) urge to prepare a comprehensive review of its policy towards Belarus, taking into account different scenarios of developments in the country, that also include a substantially increased financial and technical commitment from the EU;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g g (new)
(gg) urge the EU to organise a donors conference for democratic Belarus, which would bring together international financial institutions, G-7 countries, EU member states and institutions, and others willing to pledge a multi-billion euro financial package to support the future reform efforts and restructuring of the economy;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g h (new)
(gh) call on the Russian Federation to refrain from any interference, covert or overt, in the peaceful democratic revolution in Belarus;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g i (new)
(gi) as long as the political situation in Belarus does not change reconsider any ongoing disbursements of the EU financial assistance and adjust it accordingly, so that it reaches the end- recipients and circumvents the authorities;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g j (new)
(gj) encourage Member States to facilitate and accelerate the procedure for obtaining visas for those who flee Belarus for political reasons;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g k (new)
(gk) call for a full EU/international investigation of crimes against the people of Belarus committed by law enforcement authorities of Lukashenko regime against peaceful protesters demanding transparent, free and fair Presidential elections, stopping current repressions and immediate release of all political prisoners in Belarus;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g l (new)
(gl) call to establish in the European Parliament an inquiry committee (or another proper body of the European Parliament) on the investigation of crimes committed in Belarus, which would periodically report on its findings to the plenary sessions of the European Parliament;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g m (new)
(gm) condemn the suppression of internet and media, road blockades, and intimidation of journalists in order to stop the flow of information about the situation in the country - the people have the right to access information; condemn the crackdown on international journalists and media limiting their ability to report on the democratic revolution in a free, fair and balanced way;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g n (new)
(gn) propose to appoint an EU special representative for Belarus in order to support the process of a peaceful transition of power in accordance with the will of Belarusian people under the leadership of the president elect by the people and the Belarusian People's Coordination Council;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) demand for the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained after participating in the democratic revolution protests following the falsified presidential election of 9 August; demand the authorities to provide all information on people who went missing in relation to their participation in the protests after 9 August;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) demand that all legal actions undertaken by the authorities against members of the Belarusian People's Coordination Council are dropped and all of them who are detained and arrested are freed;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) support independent media outlets and journalists, including those who work on a freelance basis with unregistered foreign media, as well as media based in Poland, such as Belsat TV, European Radio for Belarus and Radio Racja;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) demand that any spread of disinformation in Belarus concerning the EU and its Member States is vigilantly countered as well as any hybrid threats undertaken by third actors;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET