On May 6 the "Parliament" to vote on the slavish Decree

On May 6 deputies will vote on a scandalous Decree No. 3 "On Prevention of Social Dependency".

According to the Constitution, the deputies have the right to either accept the text of the document or send it for development, Euroradio reports.

"At the moment there are only few deputies' comments. But a few days left. But I think the text will be likely approved by deputies", — Larysa Bahdanovich, Deputy Head of the Permanent Commission on Labour and Social Affairs, said.

The head of the State signed the Decree on April 2. According to it, every unemployed resident must pay a charge of 20 basic units per year.

The document immediately caused a wave of criticism of economists and human rights activists. Lawyers of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee have found about a dozen violations of the Constitution, national legislation and international agreements.

Lukashenka signed Decree No. 3 "On Prevention of Social Dependency" on April 2, 2015. The commentary to a decree says this legal act is published "to encourage able-bodied citizens to work and to ensure the fulfilment of their constitutional duty to participate in the financing of public spending".

The document obliges citizens of Belarus, residents from foreign countries and stateless persons who do not participate in the financing of government spending or participated in such financing less than 183 days in the past year, on payment of a charge fixed at 20 basic units.