Ella Pamfilova
The Chairman of the Central election Commission of Russia Ella Pamfilova has considered it possible to postpone the election of the President from 11 to 18 March 2018 appropriate. This is stated in the press release received by the editors”.ru” on Tuesday, March 7.
“I think that March 18 is the best option (for the next presidential election — approx. “Of the tape.ru”), “—said Pamfilova.
In her opinion, in the future, under changes to election law it is necessary to consider the option of postponing election day in April or October. “On the basis of communication with many parties and experts, I guess, April is the ideal month for conducting all elections: presidential and parliamentary,” said the CEC head.
Earlier on Tuesday the press-Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin has not yet developed a consensus on whether or not to hold elections of the head of state on the day of the annexation of Crimea on 18 March.
On the same day the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin advocated the transfer of the voting day on the third Sunday of March.
On 3 March, the Federation Council members Andrei Klishas and Anatoly Shirokov introduced the lower house of the Parliament a package of bills to change the electoral law. In particular, it allows to move the date of presidential elections.
In late February, Ella Pamfilova said that the electoral code of Russia, you may receive the following parliamentary elections which will be in 2021.