Saturday, 6 April 2019

Kremlin declines to comment on idea about lower house’s involvement in forming Cabinet


Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that this is a new proposal.

MOSCOW, April 6. /TASS/. Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has refrained from commenting on the proposal by Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin concerning the lower house’s involvement in forming the government.

"This is a new proposal," Peskov told TASS when asked whether the initiative, which calls for amending the Constitution, had been coordinated with the Kremlin.

In an interview posted on the State Duma’s website, Volodin spoke out in favor of the lower house's participation in consultations while appointing members of the Russian government.

The State Duma currently takes part in forming the Cabinet only within the framework of the procedure of giving consent to the president for the prime minister’s appointment.

Source: ITAR-TASS 06-04-2019