Din the party in power, the risks of becoming “state-owned crust” are always higher, Putin said. He called on the members of the United Russia Party not to “get cold feet” and to strengthen the party’s authority.
Vladimir Putin at the XX Congress of the All-Russian political Party “United Russia”
President Vladimir Putin called on the members of United Russia not to allow the appearance of “unscrupulous” people in their ranks and not to “overgrow” the official crust. He said this at the party congress, the correspondent of RBC reports.
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“The party in power inevitably tries to lean on people who are random in nature and unscrupulous in their hand, so that more sticks to this hand. For the ruling party, there is always a higher risk of becoming overgrown with some kind of official crust. We must remember that the previously acquired authority itself will not work. To turn green means to stop, ” he said.
According to Putin, “United Russia” relies on those “who have shown themselves in the case”. In particular, the president noted that “many” of the party members joined the volunteer movement, “helped the elderly”. “I am sure that you will continue this line, which means that the party will strengthen its authority, meet the times,” he said.
The EP congress will approve the draft election program, with which the party will go to the elections in September, as well as the list of candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the eighth convocation and candidates for single-member districts.
Putin has scheduled the State Duma elections for September 19. A total of 450 deputies will be elected, of which 225 will be on party lists, and another 225 will be on single-member constituencies. Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, the vote will be held in three days, from September 17 to 19. The Central Election Commission made this decision after consulting with Rospotrebnadzor. The CEC believes that voting within not one, but several days will avoid the risks of infection.
In seven regions, voting will be held online. Residents of Moscow, Sevastopol, Kursk, Murmansk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov and Yaroslavl regions will be able to vote remotely.