Hundreds of supporters of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with Belarusian State flags, and a poster that reads: "Our President, our Country!, Not let destroy the country", gather at Independent Square of Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020.
On Saturday, thousands of demonstrators rallied at the spot in Belarus' capital where a protester died in clashes with police, calling for Lukashenko to resign.
(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)MINSK Thousands of people have gathered in a square near Belarus' main government building for a rally to support President Alexander Lukashenko, while opposition supporters whose protests have convulsed the country for a week aim to hold a major march in the capital.
Now everybody is against Lukashenko and the president needs our support.
Belarus' declining economy and Lukashenko's dismissal of the coronavirus pandemic as psychosis are among the factors that galvanized the largest and most sustained protests the country has seen.