Belarusian President, Chairman of the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress Aleksandr Lukashenko nominated Aleksei Kushnarenko for election as a member of the Presidium of the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress, BelTA has learned.
\nThe need to elect a new member to the Presidium arose in the spring of this year following personnel changes in the government as Konstantin Burak was appointed as Assistant to the President \u2013 Inspector for Grodno Oblast, thereby losing his status as a delegate of the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress and a member of the Presidium.
\nIn accordance with the law on the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress, members of the Presidium are elected by secret ballot. The time, place, and procedure for the secret ballot were explained by Inna Medvedeva, Chairperson of the Vote Counting Commission of the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress.
\n\u201cWe must absolutely conduct the secret ballot in accordance with our democracy. I am already being criticized for this. But what does it have to do with me? After all, it was you who made the decision that all members of the Presidium of the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress are elected by secret ballot.
\nMany now, even Aleksandr Kosinets [Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress] says that this could also be done by open vote,\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko said. \u201cSo it turns out that we elect members of the Presidium by secret ballot and judges of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts by open vote.
\nTherefore, we will review this, revisit this law once more. Adjustments are needed so that we use time efficiently, to somehow equalize and balance the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Belarusian President, Chairman of the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress Aleksandr Lukashenko nominated Aleksei Kushnarenko for election as a member of the Presidium of the Belarusian People\u2019s Congress, BelTA has learned. The need to elect a new member to the Presidium arose in the spring of this year following personnel changes in the government as Konstantin Burak […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-521087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n