Petersburg: The opposition will hold rallies against the "zeroing" of Putin's deadlines

Members of the unregistered Libertarian Party of Russia applied for a rally against amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation and “zeroing” of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin. This was announced by North. Reali by the press secretary of the St. Petersburg branch of the party Denis Lugovsky. The application was submitted on March 22. Two sites were declared - Marse Field and Lenin Square.

"Instead of engaging in the development of the country, the leadership introduces new repressive laws and is engaged in inefficient expenditure of funds abroad. And Putin, as the President, is responsible for the stagnation of our country in the first place. Putin is stagnation and degradation. It is impossible to allow this person to remain further at the helm. And in order to express his attitude to the rulings to the constitution that will allow him to do this, we agree rally, ”Lugovsky noted

Representatives of the parliamentary opposition are also dissatisfied with the Constitution. The Communist Party will hold a rally in St. Petersburg in defense of the "constitutional and socio-economic rights of citizens." About this with reference to the secretary of the city committee of the Communist Party Olga Khodunov writes Zaks.ru. The action is agreed with the authorities.

Under constitutional rights, clarifies the publication, Khodunov refers to the right to express his own opinion, the right to free education, the right to conduct rallies and demonstrations. The rally will take place on March 17 on Lenin Square.

Update at 13:00 : Two more applications were submitted to Smolny for a rally against the ground of Putin's terms, reports ZAS.ru. The “United Democrats”, headed by the municipal deputy Sergei Kuzin, also included the applications, also included deputies of the Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky and Maxim Reznik.

Applications are submitted on March 21 and 22. According to Kuzin, only one rally is planned to be held. The organizers will decide with the exact date when it becomes known by what number the Moscow rally consistent with amendments to the Constitution.

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On March 10, at a meeting of the State Duma, President Vladimir Putin said that he supported the abundance of his own presidential terms, if the Constitutional Court agrees to this. At the same time, he spoke out against the exclusion from the Constitution restrictions on the number of presidential terms.

In January, Putin announced the need for amendments to the Constitution, which redistribute the powers between branches of power. Observers noted that the president is probably looking for a way to maintain power after the end of his powers.