The Democratisation of Political Processes and Development of Civil Society: Grounds for Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus

Abstract

The article examines several amendments proposed for introduction into the fundamental law of the Republic of Belarus in the context of the transformational processes of the political and social environment. The author analysed the meaning of the index of democracy on the country’s territory. Further, the author studied the data of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus to identify the population’s demand for changing social processes. The author notes that the need to amend the Constitution is due to the democratisation of political processes and the development of civil society. The paper also examines the activities of government officials after the 2020 presidential elections and the reaction of the population, expressed in mass post-electoral political protests. Proposed by the author, amendments to the leading law are a prerequisite for ensuring the country’s stable development in the social and political spheres and can also serve as a legislative basis for the integration process.