BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

11/02/2008

Belarusian President Shuffles Prosecutor-General, Constitutional Court Head

President Alyaksandr Lukashenka issued a decree on February 8 appointing Ryhor Vasilevich to replace Pyotr Miklashevich as prosecutor-general and for Miklashevich to replace Vasilevich as chairman of the Constitutional Court, Belapan reported. Miklashevich has served as prosecutor-general since November 2004, and prior to that he was first deputy chairman of the Supreme Court. Vasilevich headed the Constitutional Court from January 1997 to January 2008, when his term expired. The appointments must be approved by the Council of the Republic, the upper chamber of Belarus's legislature. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/02/3-cee/cee-110208.asp

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