Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I’ve been thinking what to say in this situation. A trite and traditional thing but a very correct one: I’d like to thank you. Not even for electing me the chairman. The true elite of our society is in this chamber. It is very important for me. I feel pride because you have grown into such people on my watch.” The head of state remarked that the office of the Belarusian People’s Congress chairman is not a lifebelt