  Medvedev may ban third term of presidency February 21, 2012 - 13:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came up with a sensational statement at a meeting with opposition leaders. He said he seriously considered amending the Constitution of the Russian Federation to ban a person from being elected president for more than two terms. “Medvedev said he seriously considered amending the Constitution to ban the president from being elected for the third term: This is what he just said: two terms are quite enough,” co-chairman of the unregistered Parnas party, leader of Solidarity movement Boris Nemtsov told the Izvestiya newspaper. It was Nemtsov who suggested amending Chapter 4 of Article 81 of the Russian Constitution saying that no person shall hold the office of President of the Russian Federation for more than two terms in succession. The opposition representative said it is expedient to remove the words “in succession”, and Medvedev, according to him, agreed on this. Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin who hopes to win the presidential race due on March 4, 2012, bids for the third term. In case of winning the elections Putin will be in office for the next six years. Obviously, the proposed amendment to the Constitution which is approved by Medvedev verbally cannot possibly be adopted before the upcoming elections.  Top stories The embassy staff were evacuated to neighboring Tunisia "due to the ongoing violence, the U.S. State Department said. Another 10,000 fled Mosul after ISIS took control at the beginning of June and numbers dropped have fallen rapidly since. The announcement comes just two days after President Abdullah Gül confirmed that he would not seek a second term. In the report, the Observatory said its activists on the ground have the names of 5,641 rebels who have been killed in infighting.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. adds 209,000 jobs in July, unemployment at 6.2%  The May and June jobs data were also revised upwards to show that the U.S. economy added 15,000 more jobs.Armenia’s total public debt totals $4.55bn According to official figures, the country’s foreign debt decreased by $15.7 million to $3.850.4 billion by late June.Chrysler says U.S. July auto sales up 20% Auto sales dropped to a low of 10.4 million vehicles in 2009 and have risen steadily since, reaching 15.6 million vehicles last year.Gas explosions kill 25, injure 267 in Taiwan Economic minister Chang Chia-juch told reporters initial assessments suggested the blast was caused by a leak of propylene. |
