Posted on 01/19/2005 5:02:24 PM PST by jb6
MOSCOW, January 17 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Communist party on Monday ordered its faction in the State Duma to initiate a vote of no-confidence in the government.
The decision was approved by the party’s leadership at its meeting behind closed doors where the monetisation of in-kind benefits was discussed. The party is also dissatisfied with the housing and utility, education, and healthcare reforms.
In order to include the issue in the agenda of a plenary session of the lower house of parliament, it needs the support of at least 90 deputies. The Motherland and Liberal Democratic factions have already offered their support.
Deputy speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky said his Liberal Democratic Party would not link the government’s resignation only on its failure to implement the law on the monetisation of in-kind benefits. “The law is not bad. Things will calm down in two to three months, and people will start getting the payments they are entitled to,” he said.
But party is not pleased with how the government works in general, Zhirinovsky said.
Earlier, the Motherland faction said it would support the Communist Party’s initiative to pass a vote of no-confidence in the government.
Faction leader Dmitry Rogozin said, “We proposed to do this as far back as the beginning of September.”
“Clearly, the law is not socially-oriented enough and must be reworked,” Rogozin said.
He believes that the consequences caused by this law should lead to the resignation of all ministers who are in charge of social issues in the government.
Together the three factions have more than 100 votes in the Duma. However it will take 226 votes to dismiss the government.
The pro-presidential United Russia faction, which has a constitutional majority in the Duma, has criticized the government lately over the monetisation of in-kind benefits.
First deputy head of the United Russia faction in the Duma, Oleg Morozov, told Ekho Moskvy radio that the parliamentary majority had so far not made up its mind on a possible resignation of the government.
The Communist Party leadership is meeting behind closed doors to discuss a possible resignation of the government in connection with mass protests against the monetisation of in-kind benefits.
The party leadership may order its faction in the Duma to initiate a vote of no-confidence in the government.
Speaking in his first meeting with the government since the entry into force of the monetisation of in-kind benefits, President Vladimir Putin said the monetisation of in-kind benefits was justified.
“The motives for the decisions adopted by the State Duma and the government (to replace in-kind benefits with cash payments) are quite clear,” the president said.
“The question is how they are implemented,” he added.
In his view, “The government and regions have failed to fully implement the task we talked about – to ensure that the position of those who need state support does not worsen.”
bump
I see they have Democrats over there too.
I wonder what compromises Putin can make to alleviate this little problem?
What is the role of the National Bolsheviks in this? Will it lead to a Communist-NB-UR coalition?
I think, though I may be wrong, that they are such a small party that they don't have any reps in government. Hell, as far as I'm conserned, they and the Communists should both be banned. Of course, if the communists do as badly in the next elections as the past ones, they won't matter in the least. They lost some 50% of their seats.
It was so massive that the MSM and the Neocons are now calling the (you'll love this) the Communists and Socialists and Oligarchs the defenders of democracy and freedom. Only in Orwell's universe could you say this with a straight face, but they do.
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