Tag: Putin’s policy address to the Federal Sobranie the Constitution

"The state Council becomes the authority. This is a system of coordination of the efforts of the government, governors and senior officials of the country to perform economic tasks. It is a system of decision-making that affects all branches of power". This was stated in the program "60 minutes" Deputy Chairman of the Russian state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy.

The idea of the priority of the Constitution over a number of norms of international law do not need to look for hidden meaning, said IO the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. he recalled that the constitutional court has previously explained that the Constitution is the basic key standard, and no international agreement should not contradict it.

Amendments to the Constitution that the President proposed in his address to the Federal Assembly, that does not affect its fundamentals. Their goal is to ensure the further development of Russia as a legal social state. With these words Vladimir Putin began his first meeting with members of the working group that will prepare proposals for amendments.

Proposals to change the Constitution should be submitted to a popular vote package and not separately. Otherwise, such a procedure would be difficult to organize technically. This was stated by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at meeting with members of the working group.