From budget to regional development: Council of the Republic starts new legislative season on September 15

Optimization of legislation, taking into account national interests, specific needs of the population and target tasks set by the President. Strictly according to the Constitution, on the third Tuesday of September, a new legislative season was opened in the Council of the Republic. One day with the House of Representatives.

Senators have the beginning of the fifth session of the eighth convocation. The agenda is as full as possible. The organizational guidelines and timetables for the work of the commissions were previously approved at a meeting of the Bureau. During the autumn session, the focus is on the socio-economic block, the development of regions, strengthening economic independence and protecting the interests of the working person. The key place in the work will traditionally be the budget package. The senators will approve bills on the republican budget and the budget of the Social Protection Fund for 2027, changes to the Tax Code. No one sat idly in the summer break between sessions – they worked fruitfully in their districts, solved problems on the ground, took into account the comments and recommendations of ordinary people for further amendments to the legislation.

In the composition of senators - replenishment. First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Sergey Syrankov was given a certificate. On the Day of National Unity, an exhibition dedicated to the events of September 17, 1939, was opened in the Museum of the Council of the Republic. Unique archives, photos and videos. The exposition tells about the price of historical justice and unity of the Belarusian nation.