All presidential candidates withdrew from the election

Today, March 20, it became known that all three candidates for this post refused to participate in the elections of the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

According to Kommersant, this was announced by the Secretary of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. According to him, the current president Vladimir Fortov and academicians Alexander Makarov and Vladislav Panchenko decided to remove their candidates at a meeting held on March 19.

“Unresolved in full the charter could cause a number of questions to the election results. Therefore, they all came to a single decision to withdraw their candidates, ”said Fitsev.

Last week, Vladislav Panchenko proposed postponing the elections for six months, changing the charter of the Russian Academy of Sciences during this time, in which, in his opinion, their procedure was not clearly spelled out, and Vladimir Fortov twice discussed the election of the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences with President Vladimir Putin.

“A group of academicians persistently raises the question of the imperfection of the charter, adjusting some procedures. - Fortov said today. - bringing documents in order will take about six months. This period is very short. But the election dates will have to be shifted. Otherwise, there would be doubts about the legitimacy of elections, which cannot be allowed. ”

The decision to transfer the elections should have been made at the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, many scientists regard the decision adopted without their participation on the transfer as an attempt to pressure to an independent academy.

PS “We will ask and will put forward this at a general meeting in order to hold the elections in the 20s of November,” told the fingers to reporters, Interfax reports.

At this time, the powers of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences should be extended, which will be prepared for the elections and amendments to the charter of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Secretary of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences added that the current charter of the Russian Academy of Sciences stipulates that the term of powers of the presidium can be extended for a period of up to six months. The leadership of the Russian Academy of Sciences will ask for a general meeting to extend this period up to eight months, taking into account summer holidays.