Lukashenko’s anti-corruption rhetoric aims to improve public institutions’ ratings
The situation has not changed
The president demanded to bring order to flax and meat-packing plants in Slutsk. Influenced by the events in Ukraine, Lukashenko intensified anti-corruption rhetoric to improve his electoral rating ahead of the 2015 election campaign. Using rhetoric, he is also attempting to disavow the derailed large-scale industrial modernisation project about traditionally high quality Belarusian products produced during the Soviet Era. In the near future, the Belarusian government will continue to explore the anti-corruption theme, with middle and low level government officials as the targets.
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