Gryzlov suggested depriving donated regions of Russian federative subject’s status
1/21/2010 - 7:20 pm - NatPress
Source: newsru.com
The Chairman of the State Duma and the co-chairman of the Supreme council of the party "United Russia" Boris Gryzlov considered that the status of the subject of Federation should belong to a region which could provide itself economically; therefore the donated regions should be deprived with their federative independence. "The subject of Federation is a high rank. The subject of Federation should correspond this rank. In my opinion, there should not be non-self-sufficient subjects of Russian Federation", - RIA "News" quoted Gryzlov.
"We should change our approaches to work in such subject of Russian Federation, or unite it with another subject to make that territory self-sufficient in the economic sphere. There is the land, the minerals, there are working hands. I can not understand, why the subject cannot be self-sufficient in this situation", - Gryzlov said. In his opinion, the only exception could be some edging territories with heavy climatic conditions. The speaker promised to sound that problem during today's session of the State Council.
The list of the donated regions traditionally includes Chechen Republic, Dagestan, Ingushetia and a number of others. Some of them receive from the federal budget up to 80 % of financial means for their existence, Kasparov.Ru reminded. Thus, the web-site observer made a conclusion, Gryzlov had given up to Chechen Republic in right to be a subject of Federation.
Boris Gryzlov planned also to offer the State Council to name the heads of all the regions in uniform terms, so, for example, there should not be "presidents", "Interfax" reported. "My opinion is that in the names of the leaders of the subjects of Federation there should be some unification, that is all the heads should named in one way, and that is "the head of the subject of Federation", - the speaker told.
Regulatory authorities should be unicameral everywhere, Gryzlov also considered. Only the Federal Assembly should be two-chamber. There are inadmissible such the names of the regional parliaments as "State Duma", in fact the State Duma in Russia should be only one - in Moscow. The regional parliaments can named legislative assemblies of the subjects of Federation, the speaker explained.
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