Chairman of the Belarusian People’s Congress and Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko presided over the swearing-in of judges for the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court, BelTA has learned.
Among those sworn in was Andrei Shved, the Chairman of the Supreme Court, who was elected to this position in December 2025 at a session of the Belarusian People’s Congress. “Assuming the office of a judge, I solemnly swear before the people of the Republic of Belarus to honestly and conscientiously fulfill my duties, to administer justice, obeying only the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, and to be impartial and fair, as my duty as a judge demands,” he pledged.
Sergei Sivets, elected Chairman of the Constitutional Court, also took the oath, vowing to defend the constitutional order and the supremacy of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus honestly, conscientiously, and impartially.
The newly elected judges of the Constitutional Court Pavel Gridyushko, Aleksandr Karavai, Andrei Kovalchuk, Tatiana Protashchik, and Yelena Semashko took a similar oath.
Following the ceremony, Aleksandr Lukashenko presented the judges with their official certificates and commemorative copies of the Constitution of Belarus.
