Politicians are well known for parroting the party line.
And it looks like this would-be lawmaker will be no different as, well, he's actually a parrot.
Yasha's owner, Kanstantsin Zhukouski, submitted the application for Yasha's candidacy.
Yasha wanted to ruffle some feathers by standing for local election in Belarus.
With his slogan "Yasha is good," the mouthy bird aspired to become a deputy.
Zhukouski used photoshopped documents for Yasha's application.
After learning phrases such as "where is money?" and "I want to go to the council chamber," his dream was close to coming true after owner Kanstantsin Zhukouski submitted an application for his candidacy.
Bizarrely, the Mazur electoral commission processed photoshopped documents, giving the avian activist the green light to stand.
Could 'Yasha is good' be remembered along with 'Yes We Can' and 'Morning Again in America' as one of the great political slogans?
"As long as there is a passport copy, you may draw even a pig, and as today’s case shows, even get it registered,
But, despite being officially approved, Zhukouski claimed Yasha had pulled out after realizing that "being a regional councilor isn't very prestigious."
