{"id":498408,"date":"2025-11-25T12:13:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=498408"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:39:54","slug":"lukashenka-fears-conflict-between-the-all-belarusian-people-s-assembly-and-a-different-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/lukashenka-fears-conflict-between-the-all-belarusian-people-s-assembly-and-a-different-president","title":{"rendered":"Lukashenka Fears Conflict Between the All-Belarusian People\u2019s Assembly and a \u201cDifferent President\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b>, more than three years after changes to the Constitution that elevated the status of the All-Belarusian People\u2019s Assembly (ABPA), says the body\u2019s working style is still not established and warns of a potential conflict between the ABPA and a \u201cdifferent president.\u201d He made the remarks at a meeting of the ABPA presidium. Notably, Lukashenka expressed similar concerns during the preparation of the constitutional amendments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most dangerous thing for us (people have noticed this, especially specialists) is if the ABPA (not today, of course) later starts to conflict with another president. That would be a disaster. There must be no conflict. Therefore, when essentially building the work of the ABPA and its presidium, we must ensure that everyone focuses on their own responsibilities,\u201d<\/em> he said, according to his press service.<\/p>\n

Lukashenka again tried to explain the difference between the powers of various bodies in the system he created.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president is the president. This is the head of state, and his powers have, broadly speaking, been settled over decades, and they should not be dismantled. This provides a certain effect,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

According to him, the ABPA should deal with \u201cglobal issues.\u201d This is set out not by chance, but \u201cin reinforced-concrete terms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have agreed \u2014 and this is now set in reinforced concrete \u2014 that it determines the state\u2019s direction of work for the foreseeable future, the strategic tasks,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Lukashenka believes the ABPA\u2019s remit may include not only strategy but also tactics. In his view, delegates should observe processes in the country, identify shortcomings and \u201cgently point them out\u201d to local authorities.<\/p>\n

However, the ABPA should not resemble certain bodies that \u201crun around the country and monitor various processes.\u201d Notably, Lukashenka himself regularly instructs various state bodies and organisations to carry out oversight. For example, prices in shops are monitored by members of the House of Representatives, members of the Council of the Republic and the Federation of Trade Unions, in addition to the Antimonopoly and Trade Ministry, the State Control Committee and other supervisory bodies.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome here are preoccupied with the problem of how to organise the work of the ABPA and its delegates\u2026 They propose monitoring everything and everyone. This must not be allowed. Everyone has their own duties and powers. If we violate a certain order, we will end up with negative consequences,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

He considers major issues within the ABPA\u2019s competence to include the five-year development programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll delegates and presidium members must see how this programme is being implemented in the country, how its main provisions are being carried out,\u201d<\/em> Lukashenka said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, more than three years after changes to the Constitution that elevated the status of the All-Belarusian People\u2019s Assembly (ABPA), says the body\u2019s working style is still not established and warns of a potential conflict between the ABPA and a \u201cdifferent president.\u201d He made the remarks at a meeting of the ABPA presidium. Notably, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":498407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/69257970513f1.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Lukashenka Fears Conflict Between the All-Belarusian People\u2019s Assembly and a \u201cDifferent President\u201d"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}