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Russian parliamentarians introduced bills to exempt former Russian presidents from criminal prosecution for life.
On January 5, Russian lawmakers submitted a bill to parliament granting the former president immunities from criminal prosecution for life, in accordance with President Vladimir Putin’s revised constitution, Interfax reported.
Under current law, the president is exempt from criminal prosecution while in office.
A group of congressmen have been studying constitutional amendments to extend presidential immunity beyond the term.
Interfax quoted Senator Andrei Klishas, the group’s co-chair, as telling reporters: “The bill to extend the term that guarantees a president’s immunity has ceased to exercise its powers.” Mr. Klishas is also Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Constitution and State Building of the Federal Council, the Senate of Russia.
The proposed new bill also gives both houses of the Russian Parliament the right to deprive the president of immunity if the president is charged with treason or other serious crimes, provided that two-thirds of MPs agree in three rounds. month.
The latest bill comes a week after President Putin introduced another bill under a constitutional reform, which gives former presidents a life seat in the Senate.
The Kremlin said during a press conference on Thursday that many other countries offer lifetime guarantees to their former presidents and that Russia’s moves are not new to international law.
Both bills are part of a constitutional reform plan, approved by the Russians in a national vote this summer.
The bill must pass both the Senate and the House of Representatives (the Russian State Duma) before being presented to President Putin for enactment.
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