The new Constitution is a new body of state power

On September 13, 2005, the Institute for National Strategy (INS) presented a draft of the new Constitution of Russia.

In addition to the information that Stanislav Belkovsky, the founder of the INS, has already stated in an interview about the new Basic Law, the draft provides for the creation of a new body of state power - the Supreme Council of National Unity.

As conceived by the authors of the project, the Supreme Council of National Unity will become a "collegiate censor" that will carry out the so-called supervisory functions (primarily "ensuring the continuity of state power"). A third of the Supreme Council will be formed by the All-Army Officers' Assembly, a third by the Russian Orthodox Church and organizations officially representing other traditional faiths, and another third by the Russian Academy of Sciences and state universities. In this composition, the Supreme Council will have the right to nominate a candidate for presidential elections and even remove the president from office. The rest of the time, the Council must exercise control over the observance of freedom of speech and respect for public morality in the media.

Sources

• Krasilova N. A gift to the almighty monarch // Novye Izvestia. 2005. September 14.