Peskov told why the government Medvedev resigned

the decision on the resignation of the government Dmitry Medvedev was made on the background of the new tasks set by the President, and evaluations by the head of state. About it the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said in the program “Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin” on TV channel “Russia 1”.

“It was the government’s decision. Dmitry Medvedev told about it, which is the background of the new, so to speak, are given by the President, the new tasks set by the President, including amendments to the Constitution, the previous government considered it my duty to resign in order to give the President carte Blanche to the achievement of national development objectives,” — said Peskov.

He stressed that it is an extraordinary task for which you need “the government with the maximum efficiency with maximum dynamics in the work and flexibility”. “So now there are no other options,” — said the press Secretary of the President.