Belarus opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Sunday a national strike would begin on Monday, Reuters reports.
She said it after President Alexander Lukashenko’s government responded with force to protests against him earlier that day.
Tsikhanouskaya had previously set a “People’s Ultimatum” for Lukashenko to resign by Sunday night, promising to call a national strike if he did not.
“The regime once again showed Belarusians that force is the only thing it is capable of,” Tsikhanouskaya wrote in a statement.
“That’s why tomorrow, Oct. 26, a national strike will begin,’’ she concluded.