Аннотация: Parliament of the Far East as a new task. A political essay.
Parliament of the Far East as a new task. A political essay.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin put forward the idea of Russia's constitutional development.
New corresponding tasks appear in connection with the trip of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to the Far East.
According to radio reports, there are concerns that the President's representative in the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD), Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev, has contracted the coronavirus, in connection with which the Deputy Prime Minister works remotely during the Prime Minister's visit (in the context of the coronavirus pandemic).
In this regard, the level of representation of the Far Eastern Federal District falls sharply during the visit of the Prime Minister. Presidential representative Yuri Trutnev is (presumably) ill, he is absent. And there are no other top (first) officials from the Far Eastern Federal District.
The situation would look quite different if the parliament of the Far East was established. The Far Eastern Federal District would be represented by the chairman of such a local parliament.
Of course, the main task of such a parliament is neither representative nor a creating of imaging. The main task is to create a parliamentary counterbalance to the structures of executive power. New (parliamentary) state body will block the degeneration of the structures of the Far Eastern Federal District into purely bureaucratic, ineffective organizations.
All sorts of concerns can be expressed in connection with the creation of the Far Eastern parliament. In this regard, at the initial stage, such body may be minimal in number of members, and issues of lawmaking may be excluded from its functions. Its competence can be limited to budgetary and control (and other similar) functions.
The formation of the Far Eastern parliament (or its lower house) is logical to carry out on the basis of universal, equal, direct elections with secret, controlled, verified voting (without any electoral filters, without multi-day and electronic voting).
What should you call such a parliament?
You can act by analogy.
If there is a Council of the Federation, then why cannot the Council of the Far East (Council of the Far Eastern Federal District) exist?
Such issues of improving the state structure of Russia - the establishing of the parliament (Council) of the Far East - appear in connection with the idea of the constitutional development of Russia, put forward by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the visit of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to the Far East and the (possible) illness of the President's representative in the Far Eastern Federal District, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev.
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August 13, 2020 08:28
Translation from Russian into English: August 13, 2020 10:00.
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