MINSK. Nov 12 (Interfax) - The death penalty can be abolished in Belarus only through a referendum, but this option is not under consideration at present, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.
"Is it worth putting this question [on the abolition of the death penalty] to a referendum today and receiving a negative answer? I don't think it's worth it," the Belarusian state news agency BelTA quoted Lukashenko as telling journalists in Vienna on Tuesday.