Belarus to hold referendum on constitution

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 24 Jan 2022 by Alex Teddy
On January 20 it was announced that a referendum shall take place on February 27. If the proposals are passed (which is virtually certain) then Lukashenka will be able to rule until 2035. It would make him immune from prosecution. Parliament would be degraded and the All Belarus People's Assembly would be raised in status. The assembly would be granted extensive powers in many areas of policy. Lukashenka would be in the assembly and could be elected to chair it.Parliament approves everything Lukashenka wants. However, a handful of its members are a little independent minded and Lukashenka loathes that. The referendum proposals would also forbid anyone who has lived abroad in the last 20 years from being president. This would exclude most opposition activists.The opposition condemned the referendum as an attempt to destroy democracy.Lukashenka has used referendums to enhance his power before. He saw how Putin managed the same in 2021.

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