{"id":44991,"date":"2022-12-20T17:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lower-house-approves-first-reading-of-all-belarusian-peoples-assembly-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lower-house-approves-first-reading-of-all-belarusian-peoples-assembly-bill","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44991\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower house approves first reading of All-Belarusian People&#8217;s Assembly bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 20, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>The House of Representatives has approved the first reading of a bill that would govern the All-Belarusian People&#8217;s Assembly, the press office of the lower house reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Constitutional amendments adopted in February 2022 refer to the All-Belarusian People&#8217;s Assembly as &#8220;the supreme representative body of democracy,&#8221; setting &#8220;strategic directions of development&#8221; and ensuring &#8220;the inviolability of the constitutional system.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The bill sets out procedures for the Assembly\u2019s convocation, specifies its powers and competencies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The second reading is expected after the New Year and no later than March 2023, said Sviat\u0142ana Lubieckaja, chair of the lower house&#8217;s standing committee on legislation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The bill also requires approval of the upper house. It will come into force after Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka signs it into law.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The All-Belarusian People\u2019s Assembly is to be formed of up to 1,200 delegates with a five-year mandate. It will meet at least once a year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Assembly&#8217;s decisions are &#8220;obligatory for execution and may cancel legal acts and other decisions of state bodies and officials, which contradict the interests of national security, except for the acts of judicial bodies.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 20, BPN. The House of Representatives has approved the first reading of a bill that would govern the All-Belarusian People&#8217;s Assembly, the press office of the lower house reported. Constitutional amendments adopted in February 2022 refer to the All-Belarusian People&#8217;s Assembly as &#8220;the supreme representative body of democracy,&#8221; setting &#8220;strategic directions of development&#8221; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44991","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>Lower house approves first reading of All-Belarusian People&#039;s Assembly bill | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 20, BPN. 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