{"id":45142,"date":"2022-12-30T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lukasenka-signs-laws-governing-parliament\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lukasenka-signs-laws-governing-parliament","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45142\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka signs laws governing parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 30, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed a number of laws on the National Assembly in line with the amended Constitution.<\/p>\n<p> \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press office says the amended law \u201cOn the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus\u201d provides for one parliamentary session \u2013 from September to June \u2013 instead of two. Extraordinary sessions would be convened by the houses\u2019 chairpersons, not by \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n<p> The new legislation empowers&nbsp;the parliament&nbsp;to put questions to the prosecutor general and the heads of the State Control Committee and the National Bank. MPs would be able to improve local government.<\/p>\n<p> Former presidents can become members of the Council of the Republic for life, subject to their consent.<\/p>\n<p> If the role of a president becomes vacant, his or her powers are exercised by the upper chamber\u2019s&nbsp;leader.<\/p>\n<p> A number of powers of the National Assembly have been limited and transferred to the All-Belarusian People\u2019s Assembly. They include electing judges to the Constitutional Court, picking the central election commission\u2019s members and approving domestic, foreign and defense policy priorities.<\/p>\n<p> \u0141uka\u0161enka also signed amendments to the law governing&nbsp;the&nbsp;lower and upper house members\u2019&nbsp;status.<\/p>\n<p> It provides for parliamentarians\u2019 participation in the All-Belarusian People\u2019s Assembly and the boards of government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>According to the amended law, the powers of house members and senators will be terminated if they are found to have foreign citizenship or other foreign documents that make them eligible for&nbsp;benefits abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 30, BPN. Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed a number of laws on the National Assembly in line with the amended Constitution. \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press office says the amended law \u201cOn the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus\u201d provides for one parliamentary session \u2013 from September to June \u2013 instead of two. Extraordinary sessions would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45142","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka signs laws governing parliament | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 30, BPN. 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