The draft of the new date of the Duma elections will bring to parliament in the coming days – RBC

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The law on changing the date of elections to the State Duma will soon be submitted to the relevant committee and Parliament. This was told Tass Vice Speaker from the LDPR Igor Lebedev.

«reached a compromise, that the elections will be held on the third Sunday of September … In the coming days, this initiative will be submitted to the State Duma,” – he said. The interlocutor of the agency said that the date of “satisfied all factions” – and those who advocated the transfer is, in principle, in September, and the Communists, “which until recently opposed on this issue».

Sources of the newspaper “Vedomosti “in the State Duma also confirmed that the law before the end of this week will be introduced in Parliament. However, the publication points out that the continued “bargaining” whether it is the second or third Sunday of the month, its outcome will be known later this week.

Earlier, a compromise date of the early elections to the State Duma, that will satisfy all parties, made by the Head of the faction “United Russia” Vladimir Vasilyev. According to him, this day may become the third Sunday of September.

«There is a natural position of holding elections on the second Sunday of September, there is an alternative proposal on the fourth Sunday in September. Theoretically, a compromise could be, for example, the third Sunday of September, “- said in a statement,” United Russia “, published on the party’s website.

As previously wrote RBC, the main opponents of postponement of elections in September 2016 were the Communists. They said that before the vote needs at least a full month of the election campaign, in which case it will be in August – during the holiday season. The guide LDPR suggested not to consider the position of the Communists and not to try to reach a consensus on the election date.

One of the interlocutors “Vedomosti” in the Communist Party said that consultations on the specific date of the elections proceed, while he said that the Communists insist Third or fourth Sunday in September. However, another spokesman of the Communist Party told the publication that deals with this issue personally Gennady Zyuganov, and he insisted on the second Sunday in October.