 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muzhizha ra1996, vamiriri veparamende yeBelarus ine nhengo 199 vakasaina chikumbiro chekubvisa Lukashenko pamhosva yekutyora bumbiro remutemo. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, referendamu yakaitwa musi wa24 November 1996 umo mibvunzo mina yakapiwa naLukashenko uye mitatu yakapiwa neboka renhengo dzeParamende. Mibvunzo yacho yakabva panyaya dzemagariro evanhu kuchinja zuva rokuzvitonga kuva 3 July zuva rokusunungurwa kweMinsk kusvika kuChirungu kuchinja zuva rokuzvitonga kuva 3 Julykubva kumasimba echiNazi muna 1944, kubviswa kwechirango chorufu kumutemo wenyika. Somugumisiro werondedzero, bumbiro rakagadziriswa naLukashenko rakagamuchirwa uye iro rakagadziriswa neSupreme Council rakarambwa. Musi wa 25 Mbudzi, zvakaziviswa kuti 70.5 yevavhoti, ye 84 yekubuda, yakanga yatsigira bumbiro rakashandurwa. US neEU, zvisinei, zvakaramba kubvuma kuti referendamu yacho yakanga iri pamutemo. 