Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree which allows parties and committees to suspend lawmakers for non-attendance to parliamentary sessions, according to Russia’s official law archive website.
The new regulation means members of parliament can be stripped of their mandate if their fellow members believe they have been shirking their parliamentary duties. This includes absence from sessions for the extent of 30 days.
Both houses of parliament approved the draft last month and Putin officially put his signature to it afterwards, according to the document published on Wednesday. Prior to that, parties could strip lawmakers from their membership to the …read more
Source: Newsweek
