Amendments to the laws on protection of sovereignty and constitutional order, which came into force on July 15, will allow regulating flexibly the activity of state bodies and other structures in conditions of state of emergency and martial law. Today, no one is talking about the introduction of a special legal regime, but the state must be prepared for a non-standard development of the situation. The norm was developed taking into account the experience of reacting to the disturbances in Belarus. When changing the documents, the lawmakers also relied on foreign legislation.
Vadim Gigin, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Belarusian State University:
If we compare our laws with the laws of the USA, some European countries, we have quite liberal legislation. We had to eliminate those legal gaps. The law is a living organism, law changes with the situation. It has become clear that we need to make changes in the actions of the security forces, law enforcement agencies, the media, those segments that are involved in the conditions of external influence. All of this we can call by one term - the lessons of August 2020.
Also, in the event of a state of emergency, the range of law enforcement agencies that can be involved in suppressing disturbances and ensuring public safety is expanded. They now include rescuers, investigators, representatives of the Financial Investigations Department and the Judicial Experts Committee.












