Socialist Revolutionaries will vote against the candidacy of Medvedev

The Socialist Revolutionaries decided to vote against the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev for the post of prime minister. As RIA Novosti reports, deputy Ivan Grachev stated this. The leader of the Fair Russia faction Sergei Mironov called on his colleagues consolidated to vote at the plenary meeting of the State Duma against the candidacy of Medvedev. "Either we consolidated vote against, or do not come to the hall," Mironov said at a meeting of the faction. He warned that in relation to those who violate fractional discipline, he "will take the most serious measures."

Medvedev’s candidacy Putin submitted to the lower house of parliament immediately after his inauguration, which took place on May 7. The State Duma intends to discuss this issue on Tuesday at 15.00 Moscow time at an extraordinary plenary meeting of the chamber. As part of the consultations, Medvedev met with the factions of United Russia and the LDPR, who spoke out for the support of the candidate for the prime minister, and on Tuesday on Tuesday met with the Communist Party. According to the results of the consultations, the Communists also decided to vote "against".

To approve the prime minister Medvedev, a simple majority needs 226 votes. United Russia, who have 238 mandates, can already draw this decision through the State Duma.

The day before, Vladimir Putin, who took office, assigned the duties of the head of government on the first deputy prime minister Viktor Zubkov, said Prime Minister Dmitry Peskov. "The corresponding document was signed by Putin," Peskov said.

I.O. The Prime Minister, in turn, should sign a certificate of government resignation-according to the Constitution, the government complicates the powers of the new head of state. Then the president has two weeks to offer the lower house of the parliament of the candidate for the post of chairman of the new government.

On Monday, Putin took office for the third time. Putin put his right hand on the Constitution and made an oath, after which the head of the Constitutional Court announced his entry as an eye. "The inauguration of the new president is always a new stage in the history of the country. Russia was experienced many times for strength, and we had to repulse the aggressors. I wish Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin success in the position of president of Russia," Dmitry Medvedev, who was departing from the post, said at the inauguration ceremony.

Putin in his first presidential speech promised to "strengthen democracy and expand the participation of citizens in the management of the country."