Putin postponed the election to the State Duma in September 2016 – RBC

Russian President Vladimir Putin

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President Vladimir Putin signed a law to postpone the election to the State Duma in 2016. The document was published on the official web portal of legal information.

The law to postpone the parliamentary elections was passed by the State Duma on July 3 and approved by the Federation Council on July 8. According to the document instead of the December elections will be held on the third Sunday in September 2016. Deputies will have to come to the first meeting no later than the 30th day after the election.

President signed the law stipulates that the parliamentary immunity of parliamentarians who will not be re-elected to the State Duma of the seventh convocation will continue through December 4, 2016 inclusive. In addition, they are guaranteed a monthly monetary compensation, the State Insurance and preservation conditions of redress, as well as the right to use the official residential premises.

The leader of the faction “United Russia” Vladimir Vasilyev said earlier that United Russia intend to abandon the “golden parachutes “. According to the calculations authors bill, the contents of each unelected deputies before the expiration of his term will cost the federal budget more than 1.5 million rubles.

A draft law on early elections to the State Duma was introduced on June 15 on behalf of the speaker of the lower house of parliament Sergei Naryshkin and the leaders of the three parliamentary factions – Vladimir Solovyov (“United Russia”), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), and Sergei Mironov (“Fair Russia”). The document sharply criticized in the Communist Party – the party representatives found it unconstitutional.

At the end of June, the Federation Council appealed to the Constitutional Court. Senators requested clarification as to whether the Constitution the elections to the State Duma for several months before the expiration of five years work of the Chamber.

The COP concluded that early elections would not be a violation. At the same time the court emphasized that the reduction of the term of office of the State Duma is an extraordinary measure which should not be used regularly. It also pointed out that the difference in the timing of the elections should be minimal.