According to the president, it is necessary to address the fundamental issues related to the constitutional amendments. The most important of them are the formalization of the role of the Belarusian People's Congress, the redistribution of powers between government agencies, the preservation of the balance of the government system.
Aleksandr Lukashenko took park in the extended session of the Constitutional Commission on 28 September. Summarizing the results of the discussion, he determined how and who would finalize the draft of the new Constitution before the referendum.