MINSK, Feb 28The head of the CEC of Belarus, Igor Karpenko, said that 65.16% of citizens voted for the amendments to the constitution in a referendum, the decision was made. 10.07%,” Karpenko said. According to the law, a decision at a referendum is considered adopted if more than half of the citizens included in the lists of referendum participants voted for it. According to him, the total number of citizens included in the lists of referendum participants was 6,815 667 people. According to preliminary data, 78.63% of the citizens included in the voting lists took part in the referendum, that is, the republican referendum is considered valid.The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus announced the failure of the opposition's plan to disrupt the referendumThe decision taken at the referendum will come into force ten days after the official publication. The CEC of Belarus has scheduled a final meeting of the referendum commission for March 3. 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 domestic and foreign policy, 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. >Lukashenko told why the referendum on the constitution of Belarus is importantPosted: Igor Manashirov
