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Preparation for constitutional referendum described as near-term priority for Belarusian Parliament

MINSK, 9 November (BelTA) - Preparation for the constitutional referendum remains a near-term priority, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said at a meeting of the sixth session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the seventh convocation, BelTA has learned.

"The working group, which includes the MPs, presented the revised draft of the new Constitution to the head of state last week. In the very near future, the document will be submitted to the Constitutional Commission for consideration. This places particular responsibility on the MPs - members of the Constitutional Commission in terms of qualitative revision of the text of the draft," Vladimir Andreichenko said.

He urged all MPs to get actively involved in this process, because the public discussion of the Constitution is not far off and the deputy corps has a very serious role to play in its arrangement.

“We also need to raise awareness of the importance of the referendum for Belarus and for every citizen of our country. Moreover, we need to think over the forms of this work, taking into account the epidemiological situation,” the speaker noted. “After the updated Constitution is adopted, the volume of legislative work will increase significantly. Therefore, in a month or so that is left until the current session ends, we need to see to it that all our plans are fully realized.”

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