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Lukashenka appoints Natallya Karpovich as judge of Constitutional Court

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has, by his presidential edict, appointed Natallya Karpovich as a judge of the Constitutional Court.

By another edict, the head of state relieved Alyaksandr Maryskin of the position of Constitutional Court judge in connection with his resignation, according to the Belarusian leader’s press office.

Six of the Constitutional Court’s judges, including its chairperson, are appointed by the president, while the other half are elected by the Council of the Republic, Belarus’ upper parliamentary house.//BelaPAN