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Article: RUSSIA: FEDERATION COUNCIL DEPUTIES MAY GAIN MORE JOB SECURITY.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- December 9, 2002
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Federation Council members have long been irritated by the ease with which they can be recalled by the regional politicians who sent them to the upper house. But relief may be on the way in the form of amendments to the law on the status of Federation Council deputies, which was approved by the State Duma in the first reading on 29 November. According to "Izvestiya" on 30 November, the amendments would bar the removal of Federation Council deputies during their first year of service. In addition, a two-thirds vote in the Federation Council would be required to approve any motion from a regional legislature to recall a senator, "Gazeta" reported on 2 December. Finally, the ...