MINSK, 11 Aug The Constitutional Commission of Belarus will submit for consideration by the President of the country Alexander Lukashenko the issues of reflecting the status of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly and the death penalty in the updated constitution, said the head of the commission, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Petr Miklashevich in Minsk on Wednesday. This is the constitutional status of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, since it is a new institution in the system of state power, and it must have certain constitutional powers and, at the same time, not violate the current system of state power in our country and interaction (state bodies — ed.). Therefore, this issue Today we will work out further and will discuss it with the participation of the head of state, «Miklashevich said. According to him, the issue of the death penalty will also be brought up to the level of the head of state. Miklashevich noted that the members of the commission still had differences on the formation of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, as well as its powers. For example, they did not come to a consensus on whether the All-Belarusian People's Assembly should be involved in resolving the issue of the legitimacy of the presidential elections.
In Belarus, it was proposed to remove the thesis on neutrality from the ConstitutionThe head of the commission said that there are also three options for reflecting the topic of the death penalty in the constitution, which «require just consideration with the participation of the head of state.» «First: now, do not change this norm, article, do not touch, since this provision on the retention of the death penalty was considered at a referendum in 1996. Further, if objective conditions arise, consider (the question of abolishing or continuing the use of the death penalty — ed. .) in a special referendum, «Miklashevich said. He recalled that the president has the right to impose a moratorium on the execution of death sentences. «That is, a phased solution is possible, as in other states,» the head of the commission noted.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry withdrew its consent to the appointment of the US ambassador to Minsk According to Miklashevich, there were also «proposals to change this norm, article (of the constitution — ed.) And establish the death penalty only for terrorist crimes, where the death of people occurred.» «The third option is to raise the issue of abolishing the death penalty,» Miklashevich continued. He said that the third issue to be discussed with the president is the participation of labor collectives in nominating candidates for deputies. “This is a norm in our constitution today, but time is changing. Labor collectives are not the same as in Soviet times. There are many collectives of private ownership. Nomination for deputies is participation in a certain political struggle. keep (this is — ed.) for further or stop, so that parties and citizens themselves directly nominate candidates for deputies, «said the head of the commission. A new constitution is being drafted in Belarus. It is planned that the constitutional referendum will take place no later than February 2022. On March 16, the President signed a decree on the creation of a constitutional commission, which was engaged in the development of amendments, it included 36 people. The commission presented its proposals to the head of state, but at the end of July Lukashenko announced that he had returned the draft basic law for revision. Earlier, it was proposed to add a new section to the draft of the updated constitution — on the All-Belarusian People's Assembly as the highest representative body of democracy. According to the commission's proposals, the assembly consists of all deputies, senators, representatives of local self-government bodies from all regions of the country. It can, if necessary, decide on the legitimacy of the presidential elections, and also determines the strategy for the development of the state, its decisions are binding. Proposals were voiced to endow the All-Belarusian People's Assembly with the right to declare impeachment to the president in case of high treason or other grave crime.
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