Pamfilova called “chaotic” electoral legislation in Russia
Russian electoral law lost the internal logic was “a bit chaotic” and inconsistent, said the CEC head, Ella Pamfilova. According to her, it is the result of making many amendments, sometimes opportunistic.
After making many amendments, often opportunistic, electoral law in Russia had lost the internal logic was “a bit chaotic” and inconsistent, said the Chairman of the Central election Commission, Ella Pamfilova.
“We have a lot of legal norms, that are not linked by a single logic, which contradict each other, that is, it [the legislation] was a bit chaotic, without a clear understanding of General strategy,” TASS quoted Pamfilova at the international youth legal forum “Arvola”.
There is a need to rethink current legislation, bringing it to a common logic, to develop a strategy that clearly would meet the needs of today and tomorrow.Ella Amylobarbital CEC
She also recalled that on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin established a working group at presidential administration on the correction of the election legislation. “I hope that the next parliamentary cycle it is formed, there is all: both the government and the Federal Assembly, and the Central election Commission, experts and representatives of political parties,” said Pamfilova.