Under the current law, elections must be held December 4, 2016, but polling day may be moved to September
Communist Party insists on holding consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on possible postponement of elections to the State Duma in December to September 2016. The journalists said the leader of Russian communists Gennady Zyuganov, Tass reported.
«We are ready for constructive dialogue and insist on the immediate holding of such a meeting,” – he said.
Zyuganov also suggested the need to discuss with the head of the state’s financial and economic situation in the country, as well as the situation in the Donbas and in Transnistria.
Duma elections under the current legislation must go through December 4, 2016. However, polling day may be moved to September. June 2nd Deputy Speaker of the State Duma from the LDPR Igor Lebedev told Tass that among all Duma factions reached a compromise that elections will be held on the third Sunday of September. He assured that in the coming days, the relevant bill will be submitted to the State Duma.
However, Zyuganov then denied a report on the agreement, saying that while there are consultations with the administration of the Russian president. As a possible compromise date for the election he called in October.
«If you want a compromise, let us spend in the middle of October,” – the politician said on Monday at a meeting of the Duma faction of the Communist Party.
8 June press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov said that Putin could meet with the heads of Duma factions in the event of such an initiative on their part, but it is such an event in the schedule of the head of state does not have.
«If the head of the faction initiated a meeting, I have no doubt that, of course, the president continued in a regular dialogue, of course, have a talk with them, “- said Peskov. At the same time, he stressed that, to his knowledge, this is the event to schedule the head of state is not.
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