MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Vladimir Putin is considering running for a fifth term as Russia's president if voters approve constitutional changes that would enable him to do so, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying in an interview on Sunday (June 21).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin is considering running for a fifth term as Russia's president if voters approve constitutional changes that would enable him to do so, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying in an interview on Sunday .
Russia will hold a nationwide vote from June 25 to July 1 on proposed changes to the constitution, including an amendment that would allow Mr Putin to seek two more six-year terms as president when his current mandate ends in 2024. Opponents say the reforms are designed to allow Mr Putin to keep power until 2036 and amount to a constitutional coup. The Kremlin says they are needed to strengthen the role of parliament and improve social policy and public administration.
"I do not rule out the possibility of running for office, if this comes up in the constitution. We'll see," Mr Putin was quoted as saying in an interview with state TV that was shown in Russia's far east before airing in western Russia.The changes that Russians will vote on, already approved by parliament and the Constitutional Court, would reset Mr Putin's presidential term tally to zero, even though he has already served four.
"If this doesn't happen, then in about two years - and I know this from personal experience - the normal rhythm of work of many parts of government will be replaced by a search for possible successors," Interfax news agency cited him as saying.
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