On Some Problems of Improvement of the Legal Status of Deputies of Popularly Elected Bodies of the Republic of Belarus

The article is devoted to the study of various aspects of the legal status of a deputy of representative authorities, in particular, the determination of the constitutional and legal status of a deputy, analysis of the essence of the deputy mandate, its formation and types, features of the recall of a deputy in the Republic of Belarus. The author proposes to reduce the twenty percent number of citizens initiating the recall of a deputy, and also questions the actual implementation in practice of the imperative mandate of a deputy in Belarus. The conclusion is substantiated about the need to establish an obligation for all candidates for deputies to have an election program. The importance of introducing at the legislative level the mandatory taking of an oath by each deputy as a condition for the exercise of deputy powers is emphasized.