Today's speech by Putin in the State Duma of the Russian Federation is of major political importance for Russia, considers the deputy director of the Institute of History and Politics of the Moscow State Pedagogical University Vladimir Shapovalov.
Putin expressed his position on presidential terms
The amendment of Valentina Tereshkova to the Constitution of the Russian Federation on the zeroing of presidential terms for the incumbent president was adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation. This was done after, how Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the parliament and voiced his opinion to the deputies on this and other issues.
Initially, Putin made several statements of a socio-economic nature., assuring parliamentarians, that Russia will cope with the consequences of the coronavirus and the latest drop in oil prices.
Only economic problems were not the main thing in today's speech of the Russian leader, and Putin's position on such issues, as re-elections of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, number of allowed presidential terms and their possible zeroing.
Putin said, that with the modern modernization of the Constitution, there is no question of the emergence of a new Russian fundamental law.
Re-elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, whose term expires in September 2021 of the year, the head of state called it inappropriate, as well as the abolition of the restriction of two presidential terms for one person.
In the modern version of the Russian Constitution, one person is prohibited from running for president twice in a row., but there is no limit on the number of total lifetimes, therefore, in the package of constitutional amendments, Putin proposes to limit himself to two presidential terms for one person and clearly introduce such a limitation into the Russian fundamental law.
AT 1993 year, when we hastily developed the Constitution for the new Russian Federation, this provision was written off the American Basic Law with a two-term clause, and so in the USA, the third and fourth terms for the president were prohibited only in the middle of the 20th century by a special amendment. Now this process is underway with us..
In this way, after the implementation of these changes in Russia there will be no repetition of the situation 2012 of the year, when Putin announced his candidacy for the third time in the presidential election. At the same time, a proposal was made to Tereshkova in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, and if passed, it would allow the incumbent to run for office 2024 of the year.
The State Duma of the Russian Federation supported this amendment, Putin also agreed with her, but he noted, that a decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation is needed here. It was on the basis of his decision that the current head of state put forward his candidacy in the elections. 2012 of the year.
We face the most important decision for the country
“This is more than a landmark and important statement by Putin, and it should be noted, that there is a concept of constitutional reform, which was initiated by our President 15 January 2020 of the year. Then Putin made a number of fundamental proposals. Then they were expanded due to the proposals of deputies and members of the public.. As a result, we are talking about a large-scale change in the Russian Constitution., and in fact we have a constitutional reform unprecedented for our country, which will set a fundamentally new format for relations between authorities. In essence, these changes mean a new institutional model of the Russian government for the long term”, – concludes Shapovalov.
Vladimir Leonidovich believes, that within the framework of this system the system of interaction and relations between the president will be built in a new way, executive, legislative, judicial and regional authorities.
“This system allows us to eliminate those distortions, that exist today. In particular, this is the notorious wording about two terms in a row, which was criticized by various political actors and created an opportunity for certain actions outside of it", – states Shapovalov.
As noted by the expert, a clear, a clear and balanced model of interaction between the president and parliament and parliament and government.
“In this sense, we are talking about a significant political reform. I would say, that we are facing the first serious political reform in Russia in the entire post-Soviet period. Of course, these changes actually mean a new stage in the development of our state and our political system”, – summarizes Shapovalov.
These offers are so big, which allow us to talk about the emergence of a new constitutional reality, although the president himself notes, that there is no talk of a new constitution. Despite this, the question of zeroing presidential terms is legitimate. However, only the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation can give a qualified answer to this question..
It is the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation that makes the final assessment in Russia on the compliance of certain decisions and actions with the norms of Russian legislation., where the fundamental law is at the forefront. For Putin it is very important, since the current head of state has repeatedly noted, that he makes decisions only on the basis of strict observance of the law.
Therefore, we need to wait for the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, in which the judges will make a qualified assessment of the proposals of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Dmitry Sikorski
