The State Duma first deputy stripped of office for truancy. The first sentence tried to Ilya Ponomarev of the faction “Fair Russia”. Over 413 deputies voted in favor, including some communists. At the same time the Communist Party faction is preparing a request to the Constitutional Court to challenge the law allowing the State Duma decide the fate of the deputies who have received a mandate from the voters. The way how to avoid deprivation of office for truancy, demonstrated another spravoross – Alexei Mitrofanov, regularly presenting to the State Duma certificates of treatment abroad.
Ilya Ponomarev, who was elected to the State Duma on the list of “Fair Russia” party, became the first deputy in the recent history of Russian parliamentarism, which the parliament stripped of powers without any on the court grounds: just for truancy. Such solutions spravorossy sought after Mr. Ponomarev was expelled from the party in the fall of 2013. In 2015, in relation to his criminal case was opened on charges of embezzlement, “Skolkovo” Foundation, after which the deputy had gone abroad.
The legal grounds to deprive its mandate from spravorossov appeared in May, when entered into force amendments to the law “On the status of the Federation Council and State Duma deputy,” according to which a deputy can be deprived of the mandate, if it is longer than 30 days, did not attend the plenary session of the State Duma, does not work in the Duma committees and not in contact with the voters. To initiate the termination of powers may faction, which is truant, or committee to which it is assigned.
Ilya Ponomarev wanted to participate in yesterday’s discussion of his personal affairs of a videoconference on Skype system. But the Duma Committee on Rules and the faction “Fair Russia”, it did not agree. Deputy Dmitry Gudkov, also excluded from the “Fair Russia” party, said that the Duma regulations each deputy gives the right to transfer the official power of attorney to another deputy his electronic card in order to vote. “I always vote for him,” – said Mr. Gudkov, Ilya Ponomarev who entrusted his deputy card. “Statement of voice to another deputy is sent directly to the Committee on Rules of Procedure and only then acquires legal force”, – he said the head of the Duma committee on ethics, Viktor Zavarzin, arguing that the requirement of a mandate spravorossov deprivation “done reasonably.” “No statements or statements about the absence at the meetings of the State Duma, including for a good reason, by the deputy Ponomaryov not received” – summed up Mr. Zavarzin urged the House to support the claim of “Fair Russia”.
LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky spravorossov supported the demand, saying that Labour MP Ponomarev biography – “it’s all political spying against Russia.” The deputy chairman of the faction Mikhail Emelyanov spravorossov limited message that Ilya Ponomarev “deserved it”. For deprivation of Mr. Ponomarev mandate voted 413 deputies. Against spravorossov were three – himself, Mr. Ponomarev Dmitry Gudkov and Sergei Petrov. In the hall during the vote was attended by a total of 180 deputies, said Mr. Gudkov. United Russia voted for, without explaining its position. To remain silent and the Communists. Some of them, too, voted in favor of, but none of the leadership of the faction could not explain “b” reasons. “There is a request to the Constitutional Court”, – promised to “b” the deputy head of the Communist Party faction Mykola Kolomeytsev, stressing that to deprive a deputy’s powers are not allowed no one but the voters.
Mr. Ponomarev said that the “sense of challenge” a decision of the State Duma not. “I do not know why the thought leaves me authority when the end of its work one week left and what is the challenge, if any procedure known to reach the end only after the end of the term of office?”, – He said.
“And the Constitution and electoral laws provide the only basis for early termination of a deputy’s powers – which came into force the sentence of the court”, – reminded the “Kommersant” one of the authors of the first Russian election laws member of the Constitutional Council in 1993 Victor Sheynis. But “to bring legal claims of the present Duma,” he considers useless, especially when “it comes to political violence.”
“Fair Russia”, which introduces a bill to deprive deputies of mandates intended to deprive the authority of another truant – Alexei Mitrofanov. He also, like Ilya Ponomarev, after the criminal case (attempted fraud), went abroad. After spravorossy submitted documents to the Duma commission on the ethics of the deprivation of his office, it became clear that Mr. Mitrofanov regularly provides to the State Duma of the documents that he is abroad for medical treatment.
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