Lukashenko to meet with working group to discuss draft Constitution

MINSK, 15 November (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is set to meet with the working group that is drafting a new version of the Constitution of Belarus to review its activity on 15 November, BelTA learned from the Telegram channel Pul Pervogo.

This will be the third meeting of the head of state with the working group. The result of its activity should be the version of the draft Constitution, which will be submitted to the Constitutional Commission and later to a referendum.

“Not long ago we agreed to hold a meeting of the Constitutional Commission after the working group, whose members are present here, finish - together with me, of course – working on the Constitution. Its final version will be submitted to the Constitutional Commission session and immediately to the referendum,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said during the first meeting with the group on 21 October.

The working group comprises Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko, Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova and representatives of both chambers of the parliament, Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Head of the Council of Ministers Office Konstantin Burak, Deputy Chairperson of the Constitutional Court Natalya Karpovich and judge Olga Sergeyeva, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Mikhail Orda, Presidential Aide Aleksandr Kosinets and Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Aleksandr Radkov.