Alexey Kushnarenko elected member of the Presidium of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly

The vacancy in the Presidium arose in the spring of this year after personnel changes in the government - Konstantin Burak was appointed Assistant to the President - Inspector for Grodno Region, and thus lost his status as a delegate to the ANC and a member of the Presidium.

The ANC Presidium is a permanent collegial body accountable to the Assembly and ensuring the prompt resolution of issues within the ANC's competence. The members of the Presidium are the Chairman of the ANC and his deputies. Other members of the Presidium are elected from among the ANC delegates. The maximum number of members of the ANC Presidium is 15 people.

In accordance with the law "On the All-Belarusian People's Assembly," members of the Presidium are elected by secret ballot. However, during the nomination of Aleksey Kushnarenko, the head of the Belarusian state and Chairman of the ANC, Alexander Lukashenko, noted that the legislation in this regard might need to be adjusted.

"The fact that we must (conduct the secret ballot procedure for the candidate. - BELTA's note), according to our democracy, - I am already being criticized for this. But what do I have to do with it? It was you who decided that all members of the ANC Presidium are elected by secret ballot. Many now, even Alexander Nikolaevich (Deputy Chairman of the ANC Alexander Kosinets. - BELTA's note) says that this could be done by open ballot," said Alexander Lukashenko. "It turns out that we elect a member of the Presidium secretly, and then we will appoint judges of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts - by open ballot. Therefore, we will consider, we will return to this law again. And we need to adjust it so as not to waste time, to somehow balance and stabilize the situation."

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