Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Federation Council refused to withdraw the anti-terrorist “Spring Package” – RIA Novosti

29.06.2016

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MOSCOW, June 29 – RIA Novosti. The Federation Council refused to withdraw the package of anti-terrorism laws; for this decision voted 16 senators against 108, 11 MPs abstained.

Offer to abandon the discussion of the bill, introduced one of the senators, who explained his position calls mobile operators and business ombudsman, who asked to reject the Bill , which was approved by the State Duma on June 24.

a member of the defense and security Committee Alexei Kondratyev said that objections to the package have been carefully considered at meetings of the relevant committees. In addition, he noted that a number of legal norms come into force until 1 July 2018, which will allow both government and operators to prepare for their implementation.

In turn, the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said, that in case if the Federation Council postponed consideration of the anti-terrorism package, according to the Constitution, the laws would have gone directly to the president for signature without the participation of senators.

“Of course, you can hide your head in the sand, but it is better to participate in the discussion of the laws” – she said.

The amendments developed by the chairman of the Duma’s security committee, Irina Spring and the head of the Defense and Security Committee of the Federation Council, Viktor Ozerov, previously caused sharp criticism of the largest Russian mobile operators – MTS, “VimpelCom” “Megaphone” and Tele2. They warned that the adoption of the law will result in the growth of tariffs for subscribers and decrease in the quality of communication services.

A similar position was taken and authorized under the President to protect the rights of entrepreneurs Boris Titov. He urged not to “make a mistake” not to take the law which, according to him, is impossible. According to the Ombudsman, the law will not be executed or had telephone connection will be “just closed”.

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