Lukashenka promises to make the economic crime law more humane in Belarus

The issue was on the agenda of the meeting between Belarus President Aliaksandr Lukashenka and Chairman of Belarus' Supreme Court Valentin Sukalo.

It is quite possible to make the economic crime law and legal proceedings more humane, Aliaksandr Lukashenka emphasized.

The procedures for corporate bankruptcy cases should include pretrial rehabilitation of an enterprise; local authorities should use all tools for that, Aliaksandr Lukashenka believes. A case should be brought to court in extraordinary circumstances after all pretrial rehabilitation mechanisms have been used.

Lukashenka assumes that a lot of small criminal cases can be settled at the pretrial stage, and it is possible not to seize property in such cases.

Valentin Sukalo believes that the integration of general jurisdiction courts and economic courts was a success. It turned out that the right model of national justice has been chosen. Court action needs to be polished in the next five-year period, BelTA informs.

A corresponding program has been submitted to Aliaksandr Lukashenka. It provides for the acceleration and facilitation of judicial processes, making them more cost-effective. Certain steps have been taken already in this area. A draft law which envisages that the criminal procedure will be completed after the appeal proceedings are over has been submitted to the head of state.

After the discussion the President approved the program of developing the count system for the next five years at large.