Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened the door to constitutional changes that would allow him to remain in power until 2036, but said he favored term limits once the country became politically “mature”.
Putin, who in January unveiled a major shake-up of Russian politics and a constitutional overhaul, is required by the constitution to step down in 2024 when his second sequential and fourth
presidential term ends.
But addressing the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, he gave his qualified blessing to a proposed change to the constitution that would formally reset his presidential term tally to zero.
“The proposal to remove restrictions for any person, including the incumbent president ... In principle, this option would be possible, but on one condition - if the constitutional court gives an official ruling that such an amendment would not contradict the principles and main provisions of the constitution,” Putin said.
He said U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt serving four terms because of the upheaval his country was going through at the time was an example of why presidential term limits were sometimes superfluous.
“In conditions when a country is experiencing such shocks and difficulties, of course ... stability is perhaps more important and must be a priority,” he said, adding that Russia was still recovering from the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
If, as Putin’s critics suspect, the constitutional court gives its blessing to the amendment and it is backed in a nationwide vote in April, Putin could serve another two back-to-back six year terms.
Were he to do that, and his health and electoral fortunes allowed, he could stay in office until 2036 at which point he would be 83.
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View previous comments…Jonah Oyugbo
After the fall of USSR and Cold War, Russia was almost nothing but Putin help Russia back to World Supper Power.
Eric Mikelson
BUHARI CAN NEVER DO THAT, WITH THE WAY HE IS RULING NIGERIA NOW, SEE HOW BOKO HARAM IS KILLING PEOPLE, HE CAN,NT EVEN DEAL WITH BOKO HARAM, HE SHOULD NOT EVEN TRY IT.
Uche Gad
Does the face of Putin look like buhari face. Are they equals in terms of leadership qualities, is there any development in Nigeria for the citizenry to warrant such amendment. The answer is a capital NO. That can never work out, no matter the level of intimidation the Nigerian president would mount on the populace. Everything is so difficult out here. Such move would only make things worse.
Imra Kura
Yes
