“Mr. Lukashenko, who has been in power for 18 years, is banned from traveling to the United States and western Europe. He has been accused of torture and human rights abuses--he has thrown his opponents in prison, banned protests and restricted freedom of expression… There is no presidential term limit here [Belarus] and the 1996 referendum consolidated Mr. Lukashenko’s power. Not a single election in Belarus has been deemed as free or fair by the West. Not a single opposition candidate won a seat in the recent, parliamentary vote. Protests have been violently suppressed.”
-- BBC News, October 22, 2012
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Responses
constitutional monarchy
constitutional monarchy
dictatorship
dictatorship
absolute monarchy
absolute monarchy
democracy
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The appropriate response based on the excerpt is:
dictatorship
The excerpt describes Mr. Lukashenko's authoritarian rule, including human rights abuses, lack of free and fair elections, and the suppression of opposition, all indicative of a dictatorship.
