Our ancestors raised the white-red-white flag. Our task is to see this through to the end. Today, the future of Belarus is being decided. This is stated in an address by Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management Pavel Latushka on the occasion of the 108th anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People’s Republic.
“Today we mark Freedom Day — the 108th anniversary of the proclamation of independence of the Belarusian People’s Republic. On March 25, 1918, our heroic ancestors first raised the flag of a free Belarusian state. This is the day when the will of the Belarusian people appeared on the world map. The day when our ancestors declared: Belarus exists, it is independent, and it is free.
The ideas of the Belarusian People’s Republic — independence, democracy, and national revival — remain as relevant as ever. Today, Belarusians are once again heroically fighting for the right to live with dignity on their native land.
Our ancestors raised the white-red-white flag of an independent state over Belarus in times of great upheaval. Today, our generation faces an equally significant and responsible task — to see this through to the end. Now is precisely our time to decide what the future of our country will be.
We live in an era of great historical trial. And when history confronts us with a choice between what is easy and what is right — we choose the latter. We choose honor over submission. We choose truth over propaganda. We choose Belarus. Free. Democratic. Independent.
The cause of the Belarusian People’s Republic is not only history; it lives here and now: in the courage of our volunteers on the front in Ukraine, in the resilience of Belarusian political prisoners who, in dark cells, remain freer than their jailers, in the daily work of millions of Belarusians around the world who preserve our language, culture, and faith in victory.
The country is reborn thanks to its heroes. And as long as a nation has those who are ready to fight and to sacrifice, that nation has a future. Belarus has heroes. Belarus has millions of sons and daughters who have not remained indifferent to the fate of their homeland, who care deeply for it and are ready to fight for it.
I dream. I believe: we will accomplish our task. Our Belarus will live forever! Free. Democratic. Independent,” Latushka said.
