The parliament of Tatarstan opposed the renaming of the post of the president of the republic

The parliament of Tatarstan refused to support the bill, which implies renaming the post of the president of the republic into the head of the subject of the Russian Federation. About it reported on the website of the State Council of the Republic.

According to the deputies of the State Council, the draft federal law “On the general principles of organizing public authority in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation” contradicts the Constitution. “In our opinion, certain provisions of the draft law contradict the foundations of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation as a democratic federal law-based state. We believe that in the presented version the draft law departs from the establishment of general principles of legal regulation of the activities of state authorities of the subjects, “said the head of the State Council Committee on State Construction and Local Self-Government Albert Khabibullin. His quotes TASS.

Also, the parliament came to the conclusion that if the bill is adopted, the regions will lose the right to take part in the legislative process.

On September 27, Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation, and Senator Andrei Klishas submitted to the State Duma bill, in which it is proposed to call all the heads of the constituent entities, except for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol, “heads”, and the executive bodies – “governments.”

The press service of the State Duma Committee on State Construction explained that “taking into account the historical, national and other traditions of the region, the constitution (charter) of the subject may provide for an additional title of the position”, but it cannot contain words and phrases that make up the name of the position of the head of state – the president Russian Federation.

Also, the authors of the bill proposed to allow the heads of regions to be elected for more than two consecutive terms and to establish a single term of their powers of five years. Now five years is the maximum period, and the term of office is determined by the region.

“The principle of the unity of the public power system presupposes“ the coordinated action of various levels of public power as a whole for the benefit of citizens, ”says the explanatory note to the bill.

Now Tatarstan is the only region whose head is called the president.

Back in 2010, the President of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, suggested that he abandon the name “president” for the heads of regions. His initiative was supported by the presidents of Ingushetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, as well as the presidents of Udmurtia, Adygea, Buryatia, Mari El. Since 2015, the title of the position has also been changed in Bashkiria.