Desperate situation following the deadly blast in beirut earlier this month. For broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im sean thomas and certainly glad to have you with us now thousands of factory workers have downed their tools are demanding a rerun of last weeks election with many taking it to the streets right across the country president Alexander Lukashenko however has said a new role will only be possible if the constitution is amend it. Not in the but we need to adopt and you can situation you must adopt sits in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in the referendum and on dylan you can situation we can hold new elections if you want to pollinate the presidency and local authorities because the mass protests continue in belarus where the workers from a various a major manufacturers factories plants and other places have walked out on a National Strike im talking about said Different Industries ultimo they have meta