The political scientist explained the desire of Tatarstan to keep two presidential posts in Russia: Politics: Russia: Lenta.ru
Political scientist Alexander Asafov explained the decision of the deputies of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan not to support the draft federal law, the obligatory heads of all subjects to be called the heads of the regions, and the desire to keep two presidential posts in Russia. About this he told in an interview with Izvestia.
According to the expert, the authorities of Tatarstan “because of their political inertia, they are blocking all changes, but they concentrate only on such a rather decorative function as the title of the position.”
At the same time, he added that some Russian regions have their own specifics in the field of public administration and its structure. In addition, regional differences in them are quite serious. However, upon the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of Russia, a number of changes will come to the system of state power, they are inevitable, the result, the political scientist is allowed.
Earlier, the head of the relevant committee of the State Council of Tatarstan, Albert Khabibullin, said that the republic’s authorities opposed the draft “On the general principles of organizing public power in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation”, which obliges all governors to be called heads of regions. It is used by the deputies not to hold debate on this bill and return to its discussion in case of consideration in the first reading in the State Duma.
At the end of September, a bill was introduced to the State Duma, according to which all governors are called heads of regions. One of the co-authors of the initiative, the head of the committee of the lower house of parliament on state and legislation, Pavel Krasheninnikov, estimates that the cities of federal significance – Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol – will retain their titles.
Commenting on this initiative, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that there should be only one presidential position in Russia.
After the collapse of the USSR, the names of the heads of many republics within the Russian Federation became presidents. In 2010, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who did not want to be called the president, launched the process of renouncing the designation of top regional positions in 2010 and called on his example to be collegial. As a result, all the leaders became the heads of the republic, except for the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.