Parliament оf rb

Parliament – the National Assembly is representative and legislative body of the Republic of Belarus.

Parliament consists of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic. The Constitution defines the quantitative composition and the procedure of forming the chambers.

The House of Representatives consist of 110 deputies elected on the basic of universal, free, equal and direct suffrage, by secret ballot. A deputy of the House of Representatives must be a citizen of the Republic of Belarus who has reached the age of 21.

The Council of the Republic is a chamber of territorial representation. In each region (oblast) and in the city of Minsk 8 members of the Council of the Republic are elected at the sittings of deputies by secret ballot. Eight members of the Council of the Republic are appointed by the President. A deputy of the Council of the Republic must be a citizen of the Republic of Belarus who has reached the age of 30 and has been a resident in the territory of the corresponding region (oblast) or the city of Minsk no less than 5 years.

The House of Representatives is entitled to hear the reports of the Prime Minister on the Government’s programmer of activity, to give a vote of no confidence to the Government, and to consider the issue of confidence to the Government upon the request of the Prime Minister. The House of Representatives appoints elections of the President and accepts the resignation of the President.

Sitting of the chambers are held separately. Each chamber elects its own Chairmen and his Vice-Chairmen who run the sittings and manage the internal regulations in conformity with the Constitution.

Parliament takes a decision on the President’s resignation.

The term of office of Parliament is 4 years. The Parliament’s term of office may only be extended in case of war.

Judicial Power of rb

The judicial power in the Republic of Belarus belongs to courts.

The Court structure in Belarus is determined by the law.

The formation of emergency courts is prohibited in the Republic. In administering justice judges are independent and obey the law only. The independence of the judiciary is a fundamental principle of constitutional law.

Justice in the Republic is exercised by courts on the basis of the Constitution and other standard laws adopted in conformity with it. Cases are tried in court collegially and in some cases, determined by law, individually by judges.

Interference into the activity of judges engaged in judicature is prohibited and punishable by the law. Judges may not be engaged in entrepreneurial activity or perform any other paid jobs, except teaching and research.

The court judgments are obligatory for all citizens and officials. If a person doesn’t agree with the sentence, he has the right to appeal to a higher court.

The Constitutional Court is formed of 12 judges from among highly qualified specialists in the field of law, who as a rule have a scientific degree. Six Judges of the Constitutional Court are appointed by the President with the consent of the Council of the Republic and six judges are elected by the Council of the Republic. The Chairman of the Constitutional Court is appointed by the President with the consent of the Council of the Republic. The term of office of the members of the Constitutional Court is 11 years and they may hold office till the age of 70.

The Procurator’s Office of the Republic of Belarus is an integrated and centralized system of bodies headed by Procurator-General. It exercises supervision over the exact and uniform execution of the laws, decrees, resolutions and other standard enactment by ministries and other bodies subordinated to the Council of Ministers, by local representative and executive bodies, enterprises, organizations and institutions, public associations, officials and citizens. The Procurator’s Office also monitors the abidance by the law in investigating crimes, correspondence to the law of court judgments on civil, criminal cases and cases of administrative offences.