Kochanova shed light on details of her report to President: elections, work in regions, draft laws
Professional and competent candidates are expected to participate in the upcoming elections to the Council of the Republic of the eighth convocation – as stated by Natalya Kochanova, the Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, commenting on the details of her today’s report to President Aleksandr Lukashenko
On March 12th, the nomination of candidates for members of the Council of the Republic of the eighth convocation will begin, and the elections are scheduled for April 4th. Ms. Kochanova shared her expectations, “We hope that sufficiently professional, competent representatives will be nominated, who will represent each region with honour and dignity in the territorial representation chamber.”
In addition, the meeting also focused on the results of the work of the Council of the Republic of the seventh convocation. The tasks of the upcoming convocation and the draft laws were discussed as well.
Ms. Kochanova summed up some of the results of the work of the Council of the Republic of the seventh convocation, “The emphasis was placed on working in the regions, which are among the most important directions of Belarus’ socio-economic development – as determined by the 6th Belarusian People's Congress. The Council of the Republic members work directly in the regions; actually, only seven people work on a professional basis, and the others work in the regions. This is a great responsibility that rests on the one who will represent [the region]: eight people from each region. Persons of worth should come, who – regardless of their time – are able to work with citizens and understand the tasks that the country faces.”
The Chairperson of the Council of the Republic expressed confidence that the current stage of the electoral campaign will be held smoothly and in an organised manner. By the way, five members of the current Council of the Republic have become deputies of the House of Representatives, and twelve have been elected to local councils of deputies.
During the work of the Council of the Republic of the seventh convocation, more than 30 thousand appeals from citizens were submitted, many meetings with citizens focusing on their personal issues and direct telephone lines were organised. In addition, 8,000+ meetings with labour teams took place countrywide.
“Aleksandr Grigorievich [Lukashenko] was interested – as he always does – in the issues and problems that people came to us with,” Ms. Kochanova added.
