{"id":40868,"date":"2021-12-24T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/constitutional-referendum-to-be-held-in-the-second-half-of-february-lukasenka-says\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"constitutional-referendum-to-be-held-in-the-second-half-of-february-lukasenka-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/40868\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional referendum to be held in the second half of February, Luka\u0161enka says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 24.<\/b> Constitutional referendum would be held in the second half of February, Aliaksandr Luka\u0161enka said at a meeting with the members of the commission and the working group on the amendments to the Basic Law.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;After a period of discussion of the draft of this Constitution, we will meet again in a working group format to see what significant and fundamental proposals would be made by the people,&#8221; Luka\u0161enka said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t According to him, a meeting of the constitutional commission would follow to review the results of the working group&#8217;s activities, approve them, and submit the draft Constitution to a referendum.\n<\/p>\n<p>On March 16, Luka\u0161enka signed a decree on the<br \/>\nestablishment of a commission to prepare amendments to the Constitution. The<br \/>\ncommission, headed by the Chair of the Constitutional Court Piotr Mikla\u0161evi\u010d,<br \/>\nincluded 36 people from various fields. Speakers of the House of<br \/>\nRepresentatives Uladzimir Andrej\u010danka and the Council of the Republic Natallia<br \/>\nKa\u010danava were appointed Mikla\u0161evi\u010d&#8217;s deputies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 24. Constitutional referendum would be held in the second half of February, Aliaksandr Luka\u0161enka said at a meeting with the members of the commission and the working group on the amendments to the Basic Law. &#8220;After a period of discussion of the draft of this Constitution, we will meet again in a working group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-40868","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Constitutional referendum to be held in the second half of February, Luka\u0161enka says | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 24. 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