Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka postponed the address to the nation and to Parliament in mid-April for an indefinite period due pandemic coronavirus and “economic uncertainty around the world.” A new date of letter, Mr. Lukashenko did not name, however, admitted that it may be associated with his presidential company. In Belarus the number of people infected with coronavirus during the day increased by 817 people, only identified more than 9.5 thousand infected.
the President of Belarus said that the exact date of the Epistle was not called previously. “If there is somebody writes that the 16th, 18th, that’s not true. A specific date was not. Its not supposed to be. Once ready would be a message and it would be consistent with the spirit of today, it would have sounded in the middle of April. But the situation with koronatsiia, infections, and then declared the pandemic dramatically changed the situation not only in our country but around the world,” Lukashenka said to journalists during the Republican subbotnik in the Gomel region (quoted by BelTA).
He added that due to the new circumstances in the world on many issues there is no simple answer.
Earlier he said that in Belarus in the next five years will a new Constitution. Note that in Russia, too, developed a new Constitution. For it to come into effect, for it should vote for citizens of the popular vote. It was supposed to go on April 22, but on the background of coronavirus, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin announced the postponement of the vote indefinitely, as a priority “health, life and safety of people.”
In the world of coronavirus infected more than 2.5 million people, died about 197 thousand In Russia, more than 74,5 thousand cases, killed 681 people.
