Cars on Independence Avenue in Minsk. Archive photoMINSK, Jan 22About nine thousand proposals were received from the citizens of Belarus on the draft of the new constitution of the republic, deputy head of the presidential administration Olga Chupris said on Saturday. The draft amendments to the constitution of Belarus prepared by a specially created commission and working group were published for public discussion at the end of December, then a nationwide discussion was organized project, during which Belarusians could send their proposals on the document to any state bodies. On Thursday, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, by his decree, appointed a referendum on amendments and additions to the country's constitution for February 27. «Proposals were collected at all the last stages of constitutional reform from March 2021 until yesterday. Proposals are no longer being collected today. Received according to the project, If we take yesterday, 8,900 proposals, most of them are repetitive, often people simply support the constitution, or say that there are doubts about such and such a norm,» Chupris said on the air of the Belarus-1 TV channel. The draft of the updated constitution of Belarus, in particular, suggests that the same person can be president for no more than two terms. In accordance with the proposed amendments, a section on the All-Belarusian People's Assembly may appear in the constitution, which will become the highest representative body of democracy in Belarus, will approve the foundations of the domestic and foreign policy of Belarus, the military doctrine, and the concept of the country's national security. The draft provides that the president can be removed from office by the All-Belarusian People's Assembly in the event of a systematic or gross violation of the constitution or the commission of treason or other serious crime. >Referendum on amendments to the constitution of Belarus scheduled for February 27
