The resignation of the government: comments of deputies and officials

the resignation of the government of Russia is caused by a change request, consider the Ministers and the deputies.

according to TASS, this was during the Gaidar forum at the meeting with representatives of the Association of innovative regions was announced by the acting Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Mutko. He stressed that the request for changes necessary to come up with new approaches.

Communist party Leader Gennady Zyuganov believes that the idea of resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers is long overdue, especially in the financial-economic bloc. However, he categorically rejected the candidacy of Alexei Kudrin as Prime Minister, having declared “to Interfax” that “need people who know how to work” and promised from the Communists to put forward their proposals.

the First Deputy head of the Duma Committee on state construction and legislation Vyacheslav Lysakov believes that the government’s resignation is part of a serious reboot of the political system of the country proposed by the President in his address to the Federal Assembly, RIA Novosti reported.

His colleague in the lower house of the domestic Parliament, Deputy speaker Peter Tolstoy expressed confidence that the resignation of the Cabinet will not affect the dynamics of the implementation of the President’s address and promised to make every effort for the realization of initiatives of the head of state.

January 15, Dmitry Medvedev announced that his government has resigned in full force, stressing that this step was taken against the background of proposals to amend the Constitution, which were formulated in the Message to the Federal Assembly delivered on the same day the President of the country Vladimir Putin.