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Article: FEDERATION COUNCIL DEPUTIES MAY GAIN MORE JOB SECURITY.
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- Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
- Article date:
- December 9, 2002
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Federation Council members have long been irritated by the ease
with which theycan be recalled by the regional politicians who sent
them to theupper house. But relief may be on the way in the form of
amendmentsto the law on the status of Federation Council deputies,
which wasapproved by the State Duma in the first reading on 29
November.According to "Izvestiya" on 30 November, the amendments
would bar theremoval of Federation Council deputies during their
first year ofservice. In addition, a two-thirds vote in the
Federation Councilwould be required to approve any motion from a
regional legislatureto recall a senator, "Gazeta" reported on 2
December. Finally, theamendments would also allow ...