BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions. Belarus held an orchestrated vote virtually guaranteed to give 70-year-old autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko yet another term on top of his three decades in power.

The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, said that the elections in Belarus were illegitimate due to falsifications, repressions, and restrictions on citizens' rights.

Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, 70, is seeking reelection for a seventh term. A presidential election will take place in Belarus on Sunday. Belarus might be dragged into a war,' "said Valery Karbalevich,