Lukashenko was presented with two options for the five-year plan, but without consensus. What questions does the President raise?
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was presented with two draft Programs for the Socio-Economic Development of Belarus for 2026-2030. This was announced at a meeting with the head of state on the refinement of the relevant program, according to a BELTA correspondent.
Lukashenko: Belarus's development program until 2030 must be effective and without wishful thinking
The Council of Ministers, together with interested parties, presented a draft five-year program containing five priorities. "Furthermore, as the government reports, it is elaborated and specified in the relevant state programs, regional plans, and target indicators," the head of state noted.
"However, as they say, one head is good, but two are better. Delegates of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly expressed their desire to actively participate in refining the document. I supported this initiative and instructed to involve our leading economists and people who will express their opinions in this work. A working group of delegates with significant experience and competencies in various fields has been created. It is headed by the Chairman of the Board of the National Bank, the former Prime Minister (Roman Golovchenko. - BELTA's note)," said Alexander Lukashenko.
As reported to the head of state, the working group, in cooperation with the government, has formed an updated draft program, but now with eight priorities.
Alexander Lukashenko outlined a number of questions regarding the updated version.
On the content of the sections
The head of state noted that the proposed indicators (tasks) are a kind of commitment to the people. Therefore, they must be supported by concrete actions (tasks) and, most importantly, by funding.
On the validity and interconnectedness of digitized tasks
"For example, significant migration growth (somewhere we even recorded a figure of 100,000 people). Does this indicate that we are unable to develop internal labor potential and finally take control of the rational distribution of productive forces evenly throughout the country? And this must be done. And it must start, as I have said many times, with housing - building housing where it is needed for the economy," said the head of state.
"Moreover, what categories of migrants are included in this number? I remind you that we have adopted very strict legislation on attracting them to the country. Our people demanded this, promising that labor productivity would be much higher," noted Alexander Lukashenko.