There will be no referendum on the Putin amendments proposed by Putin to the Constitution, but there will be "All -Russian voting." It will pass until May 1

The bills on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the announcement of him in the 16th message to the Federal Assembly will most likely be submitted to the State Duma in February-March 2020.

And the All -Russian vote on these amendments is planned to be held before May 1, a source in the Federation Council told TASS. "Until May 1, the All -Russian voluntary vote on bills will be held, which will relate to amendments to the Constitution, the vote will be held one of the weekends," the source said.

On the eve of his message, Putin noted that in order to make amendments to the Constitution, which will provide him with the opportunity to manage Russia and after leaving the President’s post , it is necessary the widest public discussion ... Given that the proposed innovations relate to the essential changes in the political system, the activities of the executive, legislative, judicial power, I consider it necessary to vote of the country's citizens proposed in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. And only by it. The results are made a final decision. "

Now the procedure for conducting such a "folk vote" is being developed, which, however, differs from the referendum. The fact that the referendum on this issue is excluded, said Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Therefore, to change the constitution, it will be enough to get a simple majority of votes with any turnout. At the same time, the vote will be a package - one point for all the changes that will still be revised, complemented and specified by the Federal Assembly and the “working group” , in which of 75 people only 11 jurists .

- Putin offered a plebiscite in its purest form
-according to the changes, the Constitution is not offered a referendum, but a "popular vote"

Today, Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with members of the working group on changes in the Constitution, instructed to develop a format of all -Russian voting to make adjustments to the main law of the country.

In turn, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Ella Pamfilova said that "so far it is premature to talk about the formats of such a vote."

"A special working group has been created, which is instructed to formulate and submit proposals for the president of amendments to the Constitution, including in terms of voting procedure," Pamfilova said.

According to her, if the Central Election Commission is given the relevant instructions, then the commission will be fully ready to organize the process of all -Russian voting.