To return the death penalty, a decision of the Constitutional Court is sufficient – Kommersant

Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that to lift the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia there is no need to hold a referendum, because a decision of the Constitutional Court is sufficient for this.

“In our Constitution and in criminal legislation, no one has abolished the death penalty, there is a decision of the Constitutional Court, which postponed the imposition of such a sentence, so no referendums are needed, a decision on this issue of the Constitutional Court is sufficient,” said the Chairman of the State Duma at a plenary session .

The speaker stated that the issue of returning the death penalty requires discussion and analysis of all decisions made. To do this, he proposed creating an inter-factional working group, which would include representatives of all political factions, as well as heads of relevant committees. According to him, it should also, in particular, discuss issues of migration policy. The chairman of the State Duma proposed that the vice speaker of the lower house, Irina Yarovaya, lead the group. The head of the Duma Committee on State Construction, Pavel Krasheninnikov, was invited to join the group.

Today, March 26, State Duma deputy Mikhail Sheremet reported, which will send a request to the Constitutional Court about the grounds for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty. Prior to this, the head of the party “A Just Russia – For Truth”, Sergei Mironov, proposed submitting to a referendum on a single voting day on September 8 the issue of lifting the moratorium on the death penalty. He also advocated the introduction of a visa regime with Central Asian countries. The return of the death penalty against the backdrop of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall was supported by the head of the LDPR, Leonid Slutsky.

Previously became It is known that the Public Chamber of Russia is ready to consider the State Duma’s proposal to introduce the death penalty for terrorism. The initiative will be discussed in the chamber if the corresponding bill is submitted to the State Duma and the parliament sends it to the OP.

Read more about the discussion around the return of the death penalty in the Kommersant article. “An Eye for Crocus”.

Erdni Kagaltynov