The government commission rejected the proposals of the Communists and Socialist Revolutionaries for additional support for the participants of the Northern Military District

The Government Commission on Legislative Activities on Monday approved the latest responses to the initiatives of deputies. In particular, the proposals of the communists and Socialist Revolutionaries for additional measures to support participants in the special military operation (SVO) and members of their families were rejected, as well as the idea of ​​the communist Mikhail Matveev to deprive the acquired citizenship of draft dodgers. Among the rejected “peaceful” initiatives is United Russia member Vitaly Milonov’s bill on administrative liability for “nudity” in public places. The commission considered this measure excessive.

A group of Socialist Revolutionaries led by the leader of the “A Just Russia – For Truth” (SRZP) faction, Sergei Mironov, introduced a bill to the State Duma on the possibility of vesting members of the SVO with the powers of a senator without the obligatory condition of living in the territory of a specific subject of the Russian Federation. The government commission reminds that such a requirement no longer applies to candidates who have the military rank of senior officer, so the document “needs conceptual revision.”

Communists Mikhail Matveev and Vyacheslav Markhaev took the initiative to conduct an experiment to establish a restaurant tax to provide additional support to SVO participants and their family members. By this fee, the authors understand a target fee charged for using the services of restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. The government commission notes that the fee implies the granting by government agencies and officials of certain rights or the issuance of permits (licenses) or its payment “is conditioned by the implementation of certain types of business activities.” Therefore, according to officials, this bill also needs conceptual revision.

Mikhail Matveev also proposed including evasion of military registration, military duty or mobilization among the grounds on which acquired Russian citizenship is terminated. In the explanatory note, he indicated that the need to fulfill military duty is especially relevant during the Northern Military District. The Commission in its response notes that Art. 328 of the Criminal Code (evasion from military and alternative civil service) is already included in the list of articles for committing crimes under which one can lose acquired citizenship. Therefore, the proposed measures are redundant, the commission states.

“A year ago, to coordinate the development of bills relating to the SVO, a special parliamentary group was created by presidential decree, which included representatives of all factions in the State Duma,” recalls Pavel Sklyanchuk, a member of the Russian Public Relations Association. “At a recent meeting of the Council of Legislators, Vladimir Putin called for continued the work of this group, which means that not all initiatives have been implemented and there is a need for new proposals. Therefore, first you need to send the bill to the group, after which the group will form a report to the president, and only then the initiative will go to the government and receive a positive response.”

The government commission also refused to support a number of “peaceful” initiatives. One of them belongs to members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction led by Gennady Zyuganov, who proposed making the elections of governors direct in all regions (currently in a number of subjects, parliaments elect heads). The commission referred to the Constitutional Court, which previously indicated the admissibility of using various methods of conferring powers on the highest official of a subject, “including depending on the socio-historical context.”

“New People” proposed to exclude punishment under Art. 19.3 of the Administrative Code (disobedience to the order of a police officer and other law enforcement agencies) in the event that the security forces had technical means of audio, photo and video recording, but they did not record the offense. In a negative review, the commission reminds that when making a decision, the court relies not only on the technical materials mentioned, but also on the testimony of witnesses, victims, etc.

Another project of “New People” concerns the requirements for the appearance of schoolchildren. They, according to the authors, should be installed at a school-wide parent meeting. The commission believes that the legislation “already provides for the possibility of taking into account the views of parents” when adopting school regulations. In addition, the concept of “school-wide parent meeting” is absent in the legislation, which may cause difficulties with enforcement.

The proposal of United Russia member Vitaly Milonov to introduce administrative liability for appearing naked or semi-nude in public places, with the exception of stadiums, squares, parks, forests and forest parks, and beaches was not supported (the author proposed defining the concepts of “nude” and “semi-nude” in the note to the amendment). The commission considered this measure excessive, pointing out that such acts can be classified as petty hooliganism, and for exhibitionists who frighten children, criminal liability is already provided.

Ksenia Veretennikova