the Kremlin has already lowered guidance for the regions to hold a late may vote on the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, but the exact date is not yet known because of the uncertainty of the situation for the coronavirus, writes Znak.com citing sources in the presidential administration and close to it.
“most Likely, the voting will take place at the end of may, but everything will depend on the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection”, – said one of interlocutors of the edition. According to working in AP consultant, a vote may be scheduled for 27 may and 3 June.
Also considered the date June 12 – Russia Day. But it’s Friday, “people can go away for the weekend. According to one of the sources of the portal, return to the constitutional agenda will be a symbol of the return of “peaceful” time and can be filed as a “victory over coronavirus”.
And as a possible alternative to the date of the Victory parade called June 24 – the day when he held a historic parade on red square in 1945. Previously RBC wrote that discusses the opportunity to dedicate the parade to mark the end of world war II and to hold it in autumn , or leave the date of celebration without changes, but to exclude the participation of the audience.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the publication Znak.com announced that new dates for voting on amendments to the Constitution yet, TASS reports.
Originally voting on amendments to the Constitution was scheduled for April 22, this date remained unchanged despite the situation with coronavirus. The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko has declared that does not consider the pandemic an obstacle to voting. President Vladimir Putin announced the postponement of voting on March 25 address to the nation, when it became clear that in Russia high distribution dynamics COVID-19.
