Belarusians need to explain concrete innovations to the Constitution so that as many people as many people took part in a nationwide referendum. With such a call, President Alexander Lukashenko acted as a joint meeting of the Constitutional Commission and the Working Group on the Reflammation of the draft constitution, BelTA reports.
According to him, according to the results of a sociological survey conducted, 50-60 percent of the population are ready to come to a referendum and support the draft constitution. The Belarusian leader indicated that the referendum citizens should come with a clear understanding of the essence of all innovations and the need for their adoption.
Politician also called the main changes in the Constitution. He pointed out that the focus of the draft law was made to strengthen the Institute of Peopling, namely the consolidation of the constitutional status of the All-Belarusian National Assembly (VNS). “VNS is our evening. I believe that this institution of democracy corresponds to the age-old national text of the life of Belarusians,” Lukashenko concluded.
Against the backdrop of protests that have engulfed Belarus after the presidential election on August 9, 2020, Lukashenko declared the need to make changes to the Constitution and the redistribution of powerful powers. In March 2021, he convened a special constitutional commission of 36 people and stated that it would consider civil initiatives to a new project. The referendum is scheduled for December.
At the same time, the Belarusian opposition has developed its own draft constitution. He involves the transfer of state from the presidential form of government to parliamentary, as well as a significant expansion of civil rights.