The Parliament, i.e. the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus is the representative and legislative body of the Republic of Belarus.

The Parliament consists of two Chambers, the Chamber of Representatives and the Council of the Republic. The Constitution defines the quantitative composition and the procedure of forming the Chambers. The Chamber of Representatives consists of 110 deputies elected on the basis of universal, free, equal and direct suffrage, by secret ballot. A deputy of the Chamber of Representatives must be citizen of the Republic of Belarus reaching the age of 21. The Council of the Republic is the Chamber of territorial representation. In each region and in the city of Minsk, 8 members of the Council of the Republic are elected at sittings of deputies by secret ballot. Eight members of the Council of the Republic are appointed by the President of the Republic of Belarus. A deputy of the Council of the Republic must be citizen of the Republic of Belarus reaching the age of 30 and residing on the territory of the respective oblast or the city of Minsk for at least 5 years.

Sittings of the Chambers are held separately. Each Chamber elects its own Chairman and his vice-chairmen who run the sittings and manage the internal regulations.

In conformance with the Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives is entitled to hear the reports of the Prime-Minister on the Government's programs of activities, give a vote of no confidence to the Government, and consider the issue of confidence to the Government upon the request of the Prime-Minister.

The Chamber of Representatives appoints elections of the President and accepts the dismissal of the President.

The Council of the Republic may cancel the decisions of local Councils of Deputies, which run contrary to the national legislation, and takes decisions on dissolution of a local Council of Deputies in case of systematic or gross violations of the legislation and in other cases stipulated by the law.

Any draft law, unless otherwise provided by the Constitution, is first considered by the Chamber of Representatives and then by the Council of the Republic.

A draft law, with the exception of cases provided by the Constitution, becomes a law upon adoption by the Chamber of Representatives and approval by the Council of the Republic, with a majority of votes of the full list of members in each Chamber.

The Constitution establishes the right of the Council of the Republic to consider the Decrees of the President on introducing the state of emergency, the martial law, total or partial mobilisation, and take an appropriate decision within three days after their submission.

The Parliament takes a decision on the President's dismissal.

The term of office of the Parliament is 4 years. The Parliament's term of office may only be extended in case of war.