"None of the proposed amendments violates citizens' rights": References to elections and the guarantee of free education have been removed from the Constitution of Yakutia.
Today for amendments to the Constitution voted the majority of deputies of the republican parliament (Ил Түмэн), who are United Russia members (54 votes for, 10 against and 1 abstention).
Thus from the Constitution Yakutia Guarantees for free secondary vocational education and the mention of municipal head elections were deleted. Furthermore, the acting head of a region, appointed by the president, is granted the right to dissolve the government.
“None of the proposed amendments violate the rights of citizens,” the governor and member of United Russia stated Aisen Nikolaev before the start of voting.
Only deputies from the New People party and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation spoke out against the amendments. They noted that the Constitution was amended "without broad public consultation, in a rushed manner, and even in violation of the rules of procedure."
The vote for the amendments even drew irony from a United Russia member of parliament. Vladimir Poskachin.
“Il Tümën didn’t know such obedient deputies, wrote He's on his Telegram channel. They could have at least balked a little."
According to Poskachin, the day is not far off when parliament, at the mere sound of a voice, will announce its self-dissolution in order to save budget funds.