Putin’s official spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the intention to zero out the term clock of the sitting president, which was introduced in the law on amendments to the Russian Constitution is a one-time move that would be used only in relation to the incumbent president. Such a decision, he said, was based on the current restless and turbulent state of affairs in Russia and the world.
According to Peskov, turbulence should be understood as a combination of factors such as the coronavirus pandemic, which is affecting the world economy, signs of global recession that have appeared on the horizon, regional conflicts and sanctions.
At the same time, according to the Kremlin spokesman, it is now impossible to say whether Putin is going to take advantage of this amendment.
President Vladimir Putin initiated the constitutional amendment process on January 15 during his address to the Federal Assembly. The amendment, which, with the approval of the Constitutional Court, will allow him to run for president again, was introduced by United Russia party member Valentina Tereshkova, who is also known as first woman in space. Putin later supported this amendment and rejected the other two – about removing time restrictions from presidential terms and about the dissolution of the State Duma for new parliamentary elections.
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