I will not bend regulation to increase grip on power: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Fri he'd not bend the law to increase his term on power and is wanting to amend the constitution to safe and sound the country's long term for many years to come.
Speculation has swirled more than the 67-year-classic president's potential after he unleashed a political storm found in January by proposing main constitutional changes.
Putin has been in power for two decades and is because of step down in 2024 after his fourth Kremlin term ends. "It's not that I don't desire to (stay in power). I love my task," Putin stated at a meeting with people of the public in the central town of Ivanovo. "
But to resort for some sort of vitality scheme to preserve my mandate that might be unacceptable for the country or destroy it that's what We am scared of, that's what We don't wish to accomplish."Waxing lyrical, he likewise said that he saw the presidency much less a job but as his "destiny."
Putin has called for the constitution to limit the president's amount of time in workplace to a total of two terms instead of two consecutive terms as being currently.He reiterated he will not want to cancel term restrictions, that could allow him to remain president after his current term ends.
"It's not that I am scared of myself. I'll not go mad," he stated."This is not about me. We will be proposing amendments not for 5 or 10 years but at least for 30 to 50 years. This is simply not about now."
The constitutional proposals demand strengthening the role of the Condition Council, currently an advisory body, but also bolstering the already strong role of the president.
Some Kremlin critics have suggested they are made to preserve Putin's grasp on electric power after he leaves the Kremlin and that he might head the Point out Council after 2024.But Putin seemed to eliminate this scenario on Fri.
"What it would mean? It could mean a predicament of dual vitality in the united states, a situation that is totally destructive for Russia," he said, adding the country needed a "good" president.
In January, Putin said he wants to have a succession plan set up and will not want Russia to come back to the Soviet-era practice of rulers dying in office with out a transition plan.He didn't explain, however, why he commenced focusing on a succession method two years into his fourth Kremlin term.
