Preparations for amending Belarus' Constitution on home stretch

Preparations for amending the Constitution are on the home stretch, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he spoke at a joint meeting of the Constitutional Commission and the working group on finalizing the new Constitution draft on 25 November, BelTA informs.

“I think today we can say that the preparations for amending the Constitution are on the home stretch. I want to emphasize that,” the head of state remarked at the beginning of the meeting.

In his words, the Constructional Commission and a special working group uniting established experts, professionals in various industries and other smart experienced people worked on the new Constitution draft. “A lot has been done,” the president noted.

Working on the new Constitution draft, the Constitutional Commission, first of all, submitted tried-and-tested proposals accumulating people's initiatives among other things. This variant was used as a basis for the working group which focused on some unresolved issues and tried to formulate thing that Constitutional Commission could not formulate.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the operation of the working group does not bring the work on the Constitution to a close. “Today's meeting is just another step in the development of amendments. I want you to focus on the current draft,” he said.