Putin:Will He Stay Or Will He Go
The United Russia party looks to have won the parliamentary election. Will Putin remain in office beyond his current term? It certainly looks that way:
Putin is constitutionally prohibited from running for a third consecutive term, but he clearly wants to stay in power. Many supporters have suggested his becoming a “national leader,” though what duties and powers that would entail are unclear.
“The vote affirmed the main idea: that Vladimir Putin is the national leader, that the people support his course, and this course will continue,” said party leader and parliament speaker Boris Gryzlov said after the exit polls were announced.
Putin has been an effective leader, for the most part. Why is it that no one else is able to continue where he left off. I see it as selling the country short. If in fact he has done more than they could have possibly expected, shouldn’t there be some cabinet members that could take the helm and carry on at the end of his term? Did he do this by himself? Did he ever really plan to step down? No, and no would be the correct answers.
Bryan has more coverage:
Putin has said that he doesn’t want to remain Russia’s president after next year (he’ll be term limited out of office, if he sticks to the current law, and a new president will be elected in March) and his party is expected to win. He will remain influential, but Putin would have to change the Russian constitution between now and March to remain in office, er, unless he just decides to go the full-on dictator route and dispense with the constitution altogether. That’s always a possibility….. while Russia will be very much the same after its vote.
Here is an update on Fidel: Fidel Castro Nominated for Parliament, Keeping Alive Chance He Could Remain President
December 2, 2007 - 11:15 PM on December 2nd, 2007
Putrid Putin is beging to sound a lot like a liberal just like BILL CLINTON