National Anti-Crisis Management
National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM) (, , ; also "People's Anti-Crisis Administration", "NAU") is a "shadow-government-like" organisation created in Belarus by Pavel Latushko in late October 2020 during the 2020 Belarusian protests with approval of the Belarusian Coordination Council. Creation and termination. "National Anti-Crisis Management" was created in late October 2020 with the goal of managing a peaceful transfer of power. According to NAM, the Coordination Council of Belarus approved the principles of NAM on 26 October 2020. NAM states that it will lose its powers when a "new president of Belarus is inaugurated ." Leadership and structure. Pavel Latushko, a member of the Coordination Council, is the head of NAM. Like many other Belarusian opposition politicians and democratic activists Latushko was forced to escape to Poland to avoid persecution by Alexander Lukashenko's regime due to series of repressions after presidential election in August 2020. NAM is a complementary group to the support team of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the presumed winner of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, and to the Coordination Council. Olga Kovalkova of the Coordination Council is responsible for communication with the Council. Leaders of NAM's six fields of actions include: and  Elena Zhivoglod, born in as Coordinator. Goals. Latushko described the goals of NAM as "creating a team of specialists responsible for the development and implementation of these plans". NAM's plans for a peaceful transfer of power include two options, based on its view that the "de facto" Lukashenko government is illegitimate and violated the Constitution of Belarus. NAM stated that it would prefer the "Constitutional Option", but proceed to the "Legal Sovereignty Option" if Lukashenko refused the Constitutional Option. Constitutional Option. The "Constitutional Option" of power transition through public dialogue starts with a prerequisite of the "end of violence  against civilians, [the] release of all political prisoners," and the opening of legal investigations into crimes by government agencies. The option would consist of public dialogue between Tsikhanouskaya, the Coordination Council, NAM, other polical leaders, and representatives of Lukashenko, with mediation by international mediators. The aims of the talks would include: Legal Sovereignty Option. The "Legal Sovereignty Option" would be motivated by, in the words of NAM, "the fact that the only source of state power and bearer of sovereignty in Belarus is the people." Tsikhanouskaya would become President, select a transitional prime minister and cabinet, form a new Central  Election Commission, and hold an election for a new president within 40–70 days. Actions. Judiciary system. Following the beating to death of Raman Bandarenka in November 2020, NAM published data obtained from internal reports of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to which 25,800 people had been detained between 9 August and 9 November 2020. The data excluded the 1000–1500 detentions of the 8 November march. Most (24,000) of the detentions are for "illegal gatherings and mass disturbances", risking two to fifteen years' imprisonment. The report also listed 4000 complaints of torture or other legal violations by security forces , none of which had been processed. NAM aims to manage the documentation for legal actions for those "responsible for terror". Tsikhanouskaya called for the arrest of "de facto" president Aleksander Lukashenko, attributing to him "responsibility for terror and torture". She stated that anyone involved in detaining Lukashenko would receive an amnesty.