Belarusian People’s Congress

Proposal to make Belarusian People's Congress constitutional body
The head of state also proposed to elect delegates for a five-year term. They will work on a voluntary basis. "If we dilute the powers of the president and vest them with the parliament, the government, ministers and governors, we will face a complete chaos, like the one we experienced in the mid-1990s. Therefore, we need a stabilizing authority. I am in favor of you making decisions on everything. The people need to decide"...

Opinion: Belarusian People’s Congress is an important mechanism of direct democracy
“For thousands of years, invasions from both the west and the east rolled through our lands. We must remember that despite the years of the hardest military history, our people, our ancestors survived, preserved this territory and defended their right to decide for themselves how to live and develop,” said Vyacheslav Danilovich...

Over 8,000 proposals collected ahead of Belarusian People's Congress
Such proposals are submitted within the framework of regional dialogue platforms, public receptions, parliamentary meetings, Q&A phone-ins of local authorities with citizens...

Call to engage as many Belarusians as possible in nationwide dialogue
"At the same time, we can not stay away from the problems that the country is living through today. The absolute priority here is to prepare for the forthcoming Belarusian People's Congress"...

PM: Belarusian People’s Assembly will hear different opinions
As the head of government noted, preparations for the event should go without unnecessary bureaucracy. The organizing committee is expected to prepare proposals on the date and procedure of the meeting, the number of participants, and the agenda...

Lukashenko signs executive order on preparing 6th Belarusian People’s Congress
A national organizing committee in charge of preparing the 6th Belarusian People’s Congress has been established in line with the document. It will be led by Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko...

Lukashenko wants Belarusian People's Congress to work out national development strategy
He stressed that the Belarusian People's Congress is a special form of the rule of the people in the country. The forum will have to determine how the state will develop in the future...

Improvement of laws named basic condition for implementation of Belarus’ five-year plan
“It is necessary to adopt 168 normative legal acts for the successful implementation of the main provisions of the program, decisions and goals of the new five-year plan,” said Mikhail Myasnikovich. In his words, this figure can be specified later taken into account the adoption of the social and economic development program for 2016-2020...

Cui Qiming: Belarus and China will find new cooperation areas to support Belarus' five-year plan
"I am confident that China and Belarus will make even greater headway in the trade and economic cooperation during the new five-year period"...

Kobyakov: Belarus has chosen the right five-year priorities
“We have a good production and personnel potential. We have good infrastructure and a social and political situation. We have stability and people’s confidence that the majority of the decisions are the ones the country needs. This all means a lot"...