It is better not to stubborn senators

An extraordinary meeting of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation was scheduled for Friday. The reason for the emergency gathering of senators - the State Duma proposal to return to the law rejected by the upper house on the procedure for the formation of the Federation Council. The Duma recommended colleagues from the SF to form a conciliation commission and, jointly, to bring a controversial law to acceptable condition. What does this gesture mean goodwill? How can the conflict of two chambers of parliament end? Having offered the senators to create a conciliation commission, the State Duma ran into reproaches to her address. Say, the deputies went back, they were scared that they would not be able to overcome the veto of the upper house and are now looking for a way out of the embarrassment situation. I do not consider this a retreat. In my opinion, the deputies simply showed political wisdom. The conciliation commission will gather or not, it does not matter - the law will ultimately be adopted, and conceptually it will not undergo changes. But where you can solve problems with a diplomatic way, without conflict, we must strive for this. Therefore, the leader of the OVR faction Evgeny Primakov and our faction initiated the peaceful dialogue of the two chambers of the parliament. The Federation Council, being in a state of overexcitation, seems to me, got excited. In my opinion, this is a childish act or a gesture of despair, when all bridges are burned behind them without analyzing the consequences. Nobody needs a scandal: neither senators, nor deputies, nor the presidential administration, I hope, too. The conflict between the authorities always leads to destructive decisions, and meanwhile the Federation Council will soon have to consider the budget, adopt a tax code, a number of fundamental laws. If we want to hold these laws, of course, it is important for us to have normal, not confrontation relationships within the parliament. I believe that it is not in the interests of the President to strongly violate the balance between the federal and regional authorities. Because most of the economic and social transformations that are planned within the framework of the Government program require the consolidation of all echelons of power. If the regional authorities hold the figure in his pocket, not one of the undertakings will be implemented. In the same way, the idea that Vladimir Putin constantly speaks will not be implemented: the creation of a single legal space, that is, bringing local constitutions, charters, laws in line with Russian law. It will constantly, albeit silent, but resistance, which will negate reasonable initiatives, for example, tax or land reform. On Tuesday, at a meeting with the president, I told him about it. It seems to me that Vladimir Vladimirovich agreed with me. How can events develop further? The presidential administration, according to my information, is determined: to overcome the veto no matter what. The Kremlin apparently underestimated the scale of open and hidden resistance. Only 13 senatorial votes in support of the president - this, one might say, is a blow under the breath. Because officials from the administration, of course, worked with the governors and those, as always, swore love and fidelity, and then “put a pig”. So, two options are possible. First: on Friday, the Federation Council accepts the idea of a conciliation commission. Then the conversation may be about the introduction of three fundamental amendments: the phased rotation of the members of the SF, the review of the senators, if they do not defend the interests of the region; The governor’s right to appoint his representative to the upper house without coordination with the local legislative assembly. It is necessary to quickly, without delay, make these amendments and adopt the law before the Duma goes on vacation. It is possible that the senators will begin to pull the rubber, try to postpone the question until the fall. If we feel this, then on July 19, on the last day of the State Duma meeting, we will overcome the veto. Option Second: the Federation Council refuses to work in the conciliation commission. This is less likely, but everything can be. Well, we held out a hand to the senators, they said “do not”, which means that they are good. No more concessions, the usual legal procedure is included. I can name the factions that will vote for overcoming the veto: ATP, “Yabloko”, OVR, “Unity”, LDPR, apparently the farmers of Kharitonov and part of the Communists. So the senators do not make sense to stubborn.

Having offered the senators to create a conciliation commission, the State Duma ran into reproaches to her address. Say, the deputies went back, they were scared that they would not be able to overcome the veto of the upper house and are now looking for a way out of the embarrassment situation. I do not consider this a retreat. In my opinion, the deputies simply showed political wisdom. The conciliation commission will gather or not, it does not matter - the law will ultimately be adopted, and conceptually it will not undergo changes. But where you can solve problems with a diplomatic way, without conflict, we must strive for this. Therefore, the leader of the OVR faction Evgeny Primakov and our faction initiated the peaceful dialogue of the two chambers of the parliament.

The Federation Council, being in a state of overexcitation, seems to me, got excited. In my opinion, this is a childish act or a gesture of despair, when all bridges are burned behind them without analyzing the consequences. Nobody needs a scandal: neither senators, nor deputies, nor the presidential administration, I hope, too. The conflict between the authorities always leads to destructive decisions, and meanwhile the Federation Council will soon have to consider the budget, adopt a tax code, a number of fundamental laws. If we want to hold these laws, of course, it is important for us to have normal, not confrontation relationships within the parliament.

I believe that it is not in the interests of the President to strongly violate the balance between the federal and regional authorities. Because most of the economic and social transformations that are planned within the framework of the Government program require the consolidation of all echelons of power. If the regional authorities hold the figure in his pocket, not one of the undertakings will be implemented. In the same way, the idea that Vladimir Putin constantly speaks will not be implemented: the creation of a single legal space, that is, bringing local constitutions, charters, laws in line with Russian law. It will constantly, albeit silent, but resistance, which will negate reasonable initiatives, for example, tax or land reform. On Tuesday, at a meeting with the president, I told him about it. It seems to me that Vladimir Vladimirovich agreed with me.

How can events develop further? The presidential administration, according to my information, is determined: to overcome the veto no matter what. The Kremlin apparently underestimated the scale of open and hidden resistance. Only 13 senatorial votes in support of the president - this, one might say, is a blow under the breath. Because officials from the administration, of course, worked with the governors and those, as always, swore love and fidelity, and then “put a pig”.

So, two options are possible. First: on Friday, the Federation Council accepts the idea of a conciliation commission. Then the conversation may be about the introduction of three fundamental amendments: the phased rotation of the members of the SF, the review of the senators, if they do not defend the interests of the region; The governor’s right to appoint his representative to the upper house without coordination with the local legislative assembly. It is necessary to quickly, without delay, make these amendments and adopt the law before the Duma goes on vacation. It is possible that the senators will begin to pull the rubber, try to postpone the question until the fall. If we feel this, then on July 19, on the last day of the State Duma meeting, we will overcome the veto.

Option Second: the Federation Council refuses to work in the conciliation commission. This is less likely, but everything can be. Well, we held out a hand to the senators, they said “do not”, which means that they are good. No more concessions, the usual legal procedure is included. I can name the factions that will vote for overcoming the veto: ATP, “Yabloko”, OVR, “Unity”, LDPR, apparently the farmers of Kharitonov and part of the Communists. So the senators do not make sense to stubborn.