Lower house of the Belarus National Assembly on Tuesday offered to set the presidential election date on Dec. 19 this year, Russian news agencies reported. 'Dec. 19 is the most optimal date,' said Vasily Baikov, chairman of the parliamentary commission for state building, local governance and regulation, when presenting the bill. Some 108 out of 110 lawmakers present at the parliament session voted unanimously in favor of the resolution. Incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko has previously expressed willingness to participate in the election, but has not made an official statement so far, said the RIA Novosti news agency. Lukashenko has been head of the former Soviet republic with 10 million population since 1994. Speaker of the Belarus House of Representatives Vladimir Andreychenko said after the presidential election was completed, the government would be fully able to initiate socioeconomic programs for the coming year and next five years starting from Jan. 1, 2011. According to Belarus constitution, the deadline for the presidential election should be no later than Feb. 6, 2011, which were two months before the expiration of the incumbent president's term, and the announcement of the date should be made no later than Nov. 6 this year. Head of Belarus Central Election Commission, Liliya Yermoshina, said international observers were invited to work at the election. 'Within the next few days or weeks, the Foreign Ministry of Belarus will forward invitations to appropriate international organizations,' Yermoshina said as quoted by the Interfax news agency. 