President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said about the necessity of amending the Constitution with a pre-devolution of authority down to the level of local government. According to him, the text of the new Basic law will be drafted in two years.”Several options already offered me, but they do not fit. People are just afraid to make more drastic changes to the Constitution. I think we need it to do. Even before the adoption of the Constitution we actually do a lot in terms of subsidiarity, to the chairmen of Executive committees, the Governor,” said Mr. Lukashenko (quoted by BelTA). He added that he believes a return to the Constitution of Belarus of the sample in 1994, “move back.”In late April Belarusian leader said that in the next five years, the country will adopt a new Constitution. Recall that in Russia, too, developed amendments to the Basic law. They shall be put to a nationwide vote, which takes place from 25 June to 1 July.In Belarus on 9 August presidential election. Alexander Lukashenko is running for a sixth term. The campaign is accompanied by a sharp political struggle. In late may, speaking to the workers of the Minsk tractor plant, Mr. Lukashenka said that the next President must “be a man”. Thus, he made it clear that the retractable on the post Svetlana Tikhanovski no chance to win. Read more about this in the publication “Kommersant” “”we Have the Constitution not the woman””.
