“Peaceful revolution in Belarus was under the way,” exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told EU parliament, Moscow Times reports.
Tikhanovskaya said that the large-scale demonstrations in Minsk and the other parts of Belarus serve in the favour of interests of Belarusian people, not in the favour of foreign powers.
"It is neither a pro-Russian nor anti-Russian revolution. It is neither an anti-European Union nor a pro-European Union revolution. It is a democratic revolution," she said.
"The demand of Belarusians is simple: a free and fair election. And this is the wish of the whole nation," she added.
Tikhanovskaya described the largest protests in Belarus's post-Soviet history as "a peaceful striving of the people for self-determination and basic dignity."
Lukashenko, Europe's longest-serving leader, detained his closest rivals in the run-up to the vote which he barred independent observers from monitoring.
It should be noted that the presidential elections were held in Belarus on August 9. After Belarus President Alexsand Lukashenko declared his victory with 80 % of ballot, hundreds of thousands of people have taken streets, demanding the resignation of Lukashenko and fair elections.
Several members of the opposition's Coordination Council that is seeking new elections have been arrested in recent days or summoned for questioning after Lukashenko accused them of attempting to "seize power."