State Duma intends to pass a law on July 3 to postpone the election in 2016 – a REGNUM

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Moscow, July 2, 2015, 10:26 – REGNUM The bill to postpone the election to the State Duma lower house of parliament will discuss the second and in the third reading on July 3. As the correspondent of IA REGNUM July 2, the decision adopted by the Council of the Duma. It is expected that the elections to the State Duma VII convocation will be held in 2016, but in December, and the third Sunday of September.

Earlier, the Constitutional Court at the request of the Federation Council decided that the initiative of the leaders of the three – “United Russia” , LDPR and “Fair Russia” – the Duma factions and the speaker of the lower house of parliament Sergei Naryshkin does not contradict the Constitution. Reducing the term of the State Duma in the constitutionally significant purposes is permitted under certain conditions, according to the COP, this measure could be only once, does not lead to a breach of the State Duma elections at reasonable intervals, and the continuity of its work. Also, reducing the term of office of the deputies should be negligible, will not go beyond a few months, and it must relate only to the State Duma deputies of the current convocation. In addition, the COP stressed that the transfer date of the election must be carried out in advance so as not to limit the possibilities for preparing for the election campaign and the political competition in elections.

The bill strongly supported by deputies from the Communist Party. Transfer of the State Duma elections in December for September 2016 will negatively affect the socio-political situation in Russia and would violate the rights of citizens believe the communists.

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