Vladimir Putin for the second time this month sacked the governor of Kaliningrad Region Nikolai Tsukanov, and second the same time appointed him Acting Head of the region before the elections in September. Both the first and second orders for steel Tsukanov total surprise, according to sources “Gazety.Ru”. Himself Tsukanov explains the appearance of re-position the decree of the State Legal Department of the Kremlin.
On Saturday, on the website of the Kremlin appeared presidential decree, according to which the Kaliningrad Region Governor Nikolai Tsukanov resigned at his own request and immediately He is appointed as acting head of the region “before taking office the person elected governor of the Kaliningrad region.”
Simply put, the status of Acting Tsukanov will participate in the gubernatorial race, and then, in case of victory (which, in general, can not be doubted), will be a “full” head of the region.
This practice – leaving governors in their resignation and appointment as acting before the election – is always used. But it concerns governors going to early elections, or the heads of regions involved in planning campaigns, provided that their terms of office expire before the voting day.
Powers Nikolai Tsukanov end after the elections, therefore, no need to appoint him acting was not. The same situation occurred in the Astrakhan Governor Alexander Zhilkin, who was re-elected last year – expires after the voting, and the president ahead of elections did not appoint him Acting.
Tsukanov got the status of acting contrary to the legislative necessity. Moreover, it happened a second time in a month, because of what the situation is quite absurd.
The first decree on the resignation of the governor of the Kaliningrad resignation and appointing him acting appeared on the website of the Kremlin on the night of June 10th. But the next day the information was removed, and the president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that the publication of the decree – “clerical error.” Thus, in a few hours time to first Tsukanov visit, and then ceased to be acting
Seventeen days later, history repeated itself. True, neither of which “technical error” not a speech. According to “Gazeta.ru” he Tsukanov, the cause of the repeated decree is that the State Legal Department of the President came to the conclusion that between the election day (September 13) and the date of expiry of his term (September 28) “too small period of time” .
The question “Gazety.Ru”, what does it matter if the power is still expire after the elections, the head of the Kaliningrad region refused to answer. Similarly, he did not answer the question why the previous decree on his resignation and the appointment and. about. He was removed from the presidency of the site and named “technical error.”
«For me was very important to support the president, and today I got it” – and said only Tsukanov.
Meanwhile, a source close to the presidential administration, told “Gazeta.ru” that the first decree on appointment of the Acting Governor of the Kaliningrad region was a real shock for both the Tsukanov and for its environment.
According to the source “Gazety.Ru”, back in March, when the decision was made behind the scenes to support the Kremlin’s nomination for a second Tsukanova the period immediately talked with him, that there is no resignation and receiving status and. about. will not – precisely because in his case the law does not require it: “Accordingly, for assistance in this regard no one spoke and did not think to apply. So when the decree (on the appointment and. About. – “Times”) appeared in all, including the governor, it was a shock. ”
The surprise was the re-emergence and the decree says the source “Gazety.Ru”. The only plausible explanation of why the document appeared again, can, according to the source, be only one: the Summit have taken the position that “the federal government can not be wrong,” came to the conclusion that the right to re-publish a decree: “Accordingly, there is no “clerical error” in the last time as it was not ».
“Reassignment Tsukanov Acting intended to remove ambiguity and to show that the story of the withdrawal of the original decree, rather, linked to some federal disconnection, rather than with the tensions around the region”, – said the head of the fund, “Petersburg Politics” Mikhail Vinogradov.
Political analyst Yevgeny Minchenko, in turn, believes that Tsukanov really wanted to get a “suffix support the president”: “Man sought and achieved.” However, according to the expert, the purpose of the Kaliningrad Governor acting will have no major impact on the campaign: “I would advise not to relax Tsukanov, the decision on the choice of taking the voters,” – said the expert.
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