{"id":41448,"date":"2022-02-28T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/65-of-citizens-approved-amendments-to-the-constitution-cec\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"65-of-citizens-approved-amendments-to-the-constitution-cec","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/41448\/","title":{"rendered":"65% of citizens approved amendments to the Constitution &#8211; CEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>February 28, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Amendments to the Constitution were approved by 65.16% of citizens who have the right to vote at the referendum, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t 10.07% of voters voted against it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The distribution of votes &#8220;in favour&#8221; by regions: Mahilo\u016d region 71.69%, Homiel&#8217; 71.08%, Viciebsk 70.12%, Minsk 64.58%, Brest 64.21%, Hrodna 63.40%, the city of Minsk 55.13%.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The distribution of votes &#8220;against&#8221;: the city of Minsk 13.23%, Hrodna region 10.95%, Mahilo\u016d 10.40%, Minsk&nbsp;9.63%, Homiel&#8217; 9.20%, Viciebsk 8.57%, Brest 7.74%.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The turnout was 78.63%. According to the CEC, the highest turnout was in the Mahilo\u016d region with 82.94%, the lowest &#8211; in the city of Minsk with 71.37%. 42.93% of voters voted early.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Key proposed amendments include legitimisation of the All-Belarusian People&#8217;s Assembly, a restoration of the rule limiting the presidency by one person to a maximum of two terms, introduction of immunity for former presidents, monopolization of the state ideology, and abolition of the clause on the neutral and nuclear-free status of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 28, BPN. Amendments to the Constitution were approved by 65.16% of citizens who have the right to vote at the referendum, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported. 10.07% of voters voted against it. The distribution of votes &#8220;in favour&#8221; by regions: Mahilo\u016d region 71.69%, Homiel&#8217; 71.08%, Viciebsk 70.12%, Minsk 64.58%, Brest 64.21%, Hrodna 63.40%, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-41448","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>65% of citizens approved amendments to the Constitution - CEC | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 28, BPN. 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