Governors will allow the mayors to the state secret
On the portal of information disclosure on Tuesday was developed by the FSB published a bill giving governors the right to approve the list of heads of municipalities who need access to state secrets. Under the proposed amendment to the law “On state secrets” heads of municipalities will receive such a permit after inspection (Federal deputies, lawyers and judges get the admission without checking) and they will have to take a receipt of observance of state secrets.
Admission according to the same law may be denied due to the incapacity, through illness, from-for attempts of receipt by the mayor or his next of kin residence abroad, actions against the security of Russia, messages of false information or criminal prosecution. If granted admission, the head of the municipality will break the subscription, the Governor according to another developed by the FSB amendment to the law “On local self-government” can take his tolerance and even to dismiss.
According to a person close to the defense Ministry, granting the Governor authority to permit mayors to state secrets flows from winter approved amendments to the laws “On military service” and “On mobilization preparation and mobilization”, which governors and lower-level managers, i.e. heads of the municipalities, entrusted with personal responsibility for the conduct of mobilization on the territory controlled by them, and governors and even the duties of commander of territorial defence forces.