Highly choreographed moves on Tuesday could let Putin stay president till 2036.
as he seeks to navigate the thorny question of his post-2024 future. Putin is on his fourth presidential term, having already skirted the two-term limit in Russia’s constitution once by passing the presidency temporarily to his protégé Dmitry Medvedev between 2008 and 2012.
Events on Tuesday seemed to answer that question, presented in a piece of highly choreographed political theater. Valentina Tereshkova, member of Russia's lower house of parliament, also known as the State Duma, delivers a speech during a session to consider constitutional changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia March 10, 2020.Putin’s party, United Russia, quickly said it supported the proposal and the parliament’s speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin, said he would call Putin to consult.
Lawmakers applauded Putin's speech and immediately voted to overwhelmingly approve the amendment to reset term counts and to send the amendment to the Supreme Court. "We must insure against these risks," she told lawmakers."Do you think Putin doesn’t seem them? Of course he sees them."The speaker of Russia’s senate, Valentina Matvienko, said the proposal would “calm everyone” and put a stop to discussions around"who would be successor, what will become of the security of the country, etc."
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