Matvienko, having become a speaker of the Sovfa, decided to change the system: the senators will soon choose

Valentina Matvienko, elected on Wednesday, informed reporters after a meeting in the upper house about the upcoming changes in the principles of the formation of the upper house. The ex-governor of St. Petersburg also admitted that she is comfortable in the Federation Council and she does not feel like a “foreign body” in a new place of work. Matvienko thanked her colleagues for support and admitted that the senator, who was the only one of all refrained when voting for her candidacy, was she herself.

Valentina Matvienko also denied media reports about the upcoming "Socialist -Revolutionary Cleaning" . In addition, Matvienko finally put an end to the scandal around the elections in the municipal district of the northern capital of the Red River, where she won the deputy mandate. As Matvienko assured the press, in these elections "there was nothing to complain about, " Interfax reports.

According to the new speaker, the principles of the formation of the upper house of the Russian parliament can be changed since 2012. “You need to think very carefully about this, and I think that the election of members of the Federation Council can be implemented next year,” Matvienko told reporters.

As the head of the upper house recalled, the principle of election is currently in force, according to which senators, before taking a place in the Federation Council, must go through regional and municipal electoral campaigns. However, according to Matvienko, this principle is not optimal, and the procedure must be improved.

Matvienko revealed the secret of the abstaining during the vote

Answering the questions of journalists, Valentina Matvienko said she comfortably feels among the senators. “I know a lot from the members of the Federation Council and in my previous work, and we met with them more than once. So I don’t feel like a foreign body here, and I am comfortable here. And I don’t feel any discomfort and no tension,” the ex -governor explained.

The Speaker of the Council thanked his colleagues for unanimous support and clarified that she herself was the only abstaining during the vote on her candidacy. “This is quite natural, I could not afford to vote for myself,” Matvienko explained. As reported, 140 senators spoke out in support of the former governor of St. Petersburg, one person abstained. According to Matvienko, she promised the senators to do everything so as not to disappoint them.

There will be no sequencies, promises a new speaker

Matvienko also denied media reports that after her election to the post of speaker, comrades -in -arms of the former chairman of the upper house Sergei Mironov, who were together with him in the Fair Russia party, would allegedly. As Matvienko emphasized, none of the senators, due to party affiliation, "will not have any problems," reports Interfax.

The ex-governor noted that there should not be any fractions on the party principle in the upper house, no meetings and no lobbying for a particular party. "I am a member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party, but this will not be reflected in my professional activity as the chairman of the Federation Council. I am obliged to observe the interests of the Russian Federation and the interests of the regions," Matvienko said.

According to her, a representative from the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg in the upper house will appear only after the December elections, when its new composition will be formed. Valentina Matvienko also said that she did not plan to participate in the parliamentary elections as a candidate from United Russia.

Answering personal questions, Matvienko said that after her election to Moscow, only her husband will move to Moscow. The son, as a “man is quite adult,” does not plan to change his life in connection with the new mother’s new post. It should be noted that the financial situation of Sergey Matvienko is currently very stable and he is unlikely to need changes. On Monday, the Vedomosti newspaper, having conducted its own investigation, came to the conclusion that during the time when Matvienko was the Governor of St. Petersburg, the companies that are associated with Sergey Matvienko were able to receive city contracts for a total of 3 billion rubles .

Matvienko about the municipal elections: "There was nothing to complain about."

Valentina Matvienko on Wednesday also decided to put an end to the conversations about her election in St. Petersburg in the Municipal District of the Red River, Interfax reports. At a press conference, after being elected by the speaker, Matvienko emphasized: "There were no more transparent elections in St. Petersburg than elections in the Red River and in Petrovsky district in history."

According to her, on the day of elections in the sites there were a huge number of observers and journalists. According to official figures, Matvienko won municipal elections in two districts of St. Petersburg with a result of more than 90%.

On the eve of the human rights Council of St. Petersburg invited the Federation Council to postpone the election of the speaker until the end of the trial in the opposition claim, which disputes the procedure and election results in the municipal district of the Red River, where Matvienko won the deputy mandate. However, the vote on the candidacy of the speaker nevertheless took place.