In the past, the VVP has never met with all the deputies who ended the convocation.
Vladimir Putin said goodbye to the representatives of the State Duma of the Seventh Convocation, who completed their legislative activities. According to the president, all members of parliament as one worked effectively and showed determination in the face of a pandemic. The main achievements of the Deputy Corps include changes to the constitution, support for news initiatives and a more constructive dialogue with the government than in previous years. Putin said what he expects from the upcoming election campaign and what the parties should pay attention to when drawing up candidate lists.
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Vladimir Putin has never met a full Duma since the end of his term. The farewell usually took place in a more intimate environment with the participation of only faction leaders.
Explaining why they decided to change the format this year, Dmitry Peskov said that it was necessary to expand communication. “After all, you and I went through a pandemic year when there was a lack of direct communication, and in this case, such personal expressions are of particular importance,” he explained.
, in the last year and a half, ordinary deputies have personally seen the head of state only once – on the report to the Federal Assembly. Even a recent meeting with the leaders of the parliamentary parties took place online.
It is no wonder that once in the Kremlin, deputies were seriously abducted by photographic sessions. (After all, many risk never getting into the ceremonial halls again!) And Gennady Zyuganov came to the meeting in the red mask of a “sickle hammer” in the hope that he would immediately point out his person. As for the president, however, this trick did not make much sense, because the scenario of the event was originally limited to speeches by Putin himself and Vyacheslav Volodin, a spokesman for the State Duma.
VVP, as befits a hospitable host, did not address the shortcomings and poor qualities of its guests. The words addressed to the deputies gave the impression that this was the best Duma in history, and the Russians should be grateful to the deputies for their dedicated work and care.
Unlike other countries where parliaments stopped working in the face of a pandemic, the legislative process in Russia continued even in the most difficult and incomprehensible situation that Putin said they had observed in the spring and summer of 2020.
“If this were not done, then – simply for everyone to understand – the money simply hangs and does not reach people or the economy or businesses in time,” the president said, noting that 3 out of 10 sessions had to “work in the emergency of a dangerous epidemic. “. And “although the average citizen may not have noticed,” the organization of the legislature “required some effort.” “The work of the Parliament of the Seventh Assembly was unusual: in terms of the importance of the decisions made during this period and in terms of quality.” Thank you very much, “said the president with feeling.
In addition to a package of bills aimed at supporting citizens in a pandemic, Vladimir Putin highlighted the work of the State Duma on the initiatives set out in reports to the Federal Assembly. Although only two months have passed since the last appeal, the Duma has already been able to dress the most important proposals in the literature of the law.
Therefore, on 1 July, the standards on monthly allowances for children growing up in single-income, low-income families and for pregnant women in difficult life situations will enter into force. “Parliament has stopped working and the decisions you have made continue to work,” the President decided to encourage Members.
However, the main “miracle monument” of the Seventh Assembly will, of course, be the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. “The deputies were among the co-chairs of the working group, they helped the people to become full-fledged co-authors of the constitution, they tried to provide a legally perfect formulation of the new provisions of the Basic Law of Russia,” the VVP noted. Recall that the representative of the State Duma Valentina Tereshkova became the author of an amendment that provides for the annulment of previous elections of the current president, which will allow Vladimir Putin to participate in the elections in 2024.
Speaking about the upcoming election campaign leading to the creation of the Eighth Convening Duma, the president emphasized that the most important thing was the legitimacy of the election results, which should be held “honestly, transparently and openly”. Future competitors are strongly encouraged to give up “mutual accusations, offensive attacks and empty promises that cannot be fulfilled”. “I really hope that this stage in the life of the country passed and remained in the nineties,” VVP stressed.
Putin noted that not only renewal but also continuity is important for the new composition of the parliament. New, bold ideas must be combined with experience and political maturity. “I hope that the parliamentary parties and political forces that will run for election, taking this balance into account, will create their lists of candidates,” Putin said.
In response, Vyacheslav Volodin was grateful and noted that the Russian Parliament owed its productive and well-coordinated work to the President himself. It was Putin who recommended that United Russia include representatives of other factions in the governing bodies, which had a positive effect on the atmosphere. He is also the owner of the initiative to approve cabinet members at the Duma meeting. “In doing so, you have transferred part of your powers to our citizens, who are now approving the government through the deputies,” Volodin revealed the importance of this innovation, which is still not clear to the Russians.
According to Putin, qualitative changes have yet to take place in the interaction between the executive and the legislature. According to him, the corresponding amendment “is not some kind of packaging, but a” meaningful thing “that will contribute to better decision-making and the achievement of national goals. But to achieve this goal, in any case, the new Duma will have to and the current composition – “success”, “health” and “all the best”!