1.4. Fundamental principles of the political and the administrative system

Fundamental principles of political and administrative systems are:
  • subordinacy of the state to the law, e.g. supremacy of law;
  • acknowledgment and secure citizens' rights;
  • division of powers between the legislature, executive and judiciary;
  • political pluralism;
  • civil society existence.

There is also a principle of double liability of the Government to the President and to the Parliament. The President is empowered to abolish acts of the Government and to issue decrees and orders on the basis and in accordance with the Constitution which are mandatory in the territory of Belarus. In instances determined by the Constitution, the President can issue decrees which have the force of law.
The President has vast authorities to appoint and to dismiss key officials in the country, in particular to appoint the Prime minister; to determine the structure of the Government, to appoint and dismiss ministers and other members of the Government. The President also appoints the chairperson of Constitutional, Supreme and Economic Courts and the Procurator-General.