However, in the wake of the March poll monitors Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) condemned it as "severely flawed", whilst a delegation of MEPs were barred from entering Belarus prior to the poll.
2005. gada oktobrī Baltkrievija opozīcija, Demokrātiskie spēki, viņu izvirzīja kā vienoto opozīcijas kandidātu 2006. gada marta prezidenta vēlēšanām.