Putin's third term in 2012?

On June 8, 2006, the question of the third term of V. Putin's presidency was raised again. The head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Alexander Veshnyakov, said that Vladimir Putin cannot be nominated for the post of President of the Russian Federation in 2008, since this is prohibited by the Constitution, but he has the right to be elected to this post in 2012. "There are no legal obstacles to this, " - said A. Veshnyakov.

Speaking on the Ekho Moskvy radio station, A. Veshnyakov also noted that holding a referendum on the question of V. Putin's third presidential term in a row is "almost impossible", since a referendum in the Russian Federation cannot be held in the last year of the term of office of State Duma deputies.

Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Boris Gryzlov also publicly supported the idea of ​​Putin's third term. He recalled that the Constitution forbids the election of one person to the presidency more than twice in a row ( “I think it’s wrong to change the Constitution for a specific person ,” he stressed), but noted that Putin could be elected president for a third term and after 2008 G.

On the same day, June 8, 2006, the results of a study by the Levada Center were published, according to which the number of Russians in favor of electing Vladimir Putin for a third term has grown from 41% to 59% over the past nine months. At the same time, their willingness to vote in the presidential elections for the candidate proposed by the current president has also increased.

Sources

• Poll shows majority of Russians ready to accept Putin's successor // Polit.Ru. 2006. June 8.
• Referendum on Putin's third term 'nearly impossible': Veshnyakov // RIA News. 2006. June 8.
• Veshnyakov: Putin will be able to run in 2012 // Grani.Ru. 2006. June 8.