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Deputies Express Their Opposition Than Had Been Predicted
Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, June 19, 2003
According to "Vremya novostei" on 19 June, more deputies voted
against the government than had been expected, and that might have been
because no one from the government bothered to show up for the vote.
Yabloko
And Communist Leaders Lash Out At Government
Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, June 19, 2003
...the government is staffed with
"temporary people" who are sitting on their bank accounts just
waiting to leave the country.
As
Expected, Government Survives Vote Of No Confidence...
Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, June 19, 2003
As was widely predicted, the no-confidence vote held by
the Duma on 18 June failed to gather enough votes to dissolve the government
of Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, Russian media reported.
Push
for Cabinet's Ouster Falls Short
By Francesca Mereu, The Moscow Times, June 19, 2003
The no-confidence motion got 172 votes in the 450-seat Duma, with
163 deputies voting against it and six abstaining. A majority of
226 votes was needed for the motion to pass and pave the way for
ousting the government headed by Mikhail Kasyanov.
No-Confidence
Motion in the Cabinet: After the Discussion
Commentary by Grigory Yavlinsky, Special for the web-site, June 19, 2003
It was important to
say that a system of serious backwardness and demodernisation had
developed in the country. It was important to say that both economy
and history do not follow the Regulations of the Duma; that today
we had to set the grounds for positive developments in the future.
No-Confidence
Motion in the Cabinet of Mikhail Kasyanov
Roll-call voting in the State Duma, June 18, 2003, 19:01:07
One-Hour
Vote
By Syuzanna Farizova, Kommersant, June 18, 2003
Yesterday the Duma council finally set the schedule: the vote will
be at 5 p.m., so only an hour is available. However, even if the
debate takes longer, the vote of no confidence will not pass. As
leader of the Russian Regions group Oleg Morozov explained, "The
vote of no confidence is nothing but an election move, a farce to
which the response is another farce."
Motherland
as Nobody's Granny
By Andrei Piontkovsky, Novaya Gazeta, June 16-18, 2003
It took literally years of scandals in the media before the regime
finally sacked odious Yevgeny Adamov and Nikolai Aksyonenko, the
ministers who transformed their departments into private businesses.
Putin's
Cabinet Wins No-Confidence Vote
By Steve Gutterman, Associated Press, June 18, 2003
President Vladimir Putin's Cabinet
survived a no-confidence
motion Wednesday in a parliamentary vote that drew attention to
dissatisfaction with the government but underlined the Kremlin's
political
power.
Russian
government under fire despite brisk growth
AFP, June 17, 2003
Russia's parliamentary opposition Wednesday will
table a motion of no
confidence in a government it accuses of following a failed economic
plan
even as the country goes through a rare phase of brisk growth.
Kasyanov
Defends His Cabinet's Record
Combined Reports, The Moscow Times, June 16, 2003
Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov last week defended
his social and economic record before an agitated
State Duma ahead of a no-confidence vote in his government
Wednesday.
Voting
No Confidence in What?
By Andrei Piontkovsky, The Moscow Times, June 16,
2003
On Wednesday, the State Duma is scheduled to consider
a motion of no confidence in the government of Mikhail
Kasyanov. Raising such a question is entirely natural,
and moreover, is a necessary step to preserve the
political face of our parliamentary system.
Kasyanov
Is Staying for the Time Being
By Sergei Andreyev, Komsomolskya Pravda, June 14, 2003
It is already clear today that the Duma is unlikely to vote for
the no-confidence motion. The centrist factions will not support
this. However, according to YABLOKO's leaders, the no-confidence
motion is a good pretext to make the Cabinet answerable and make
it report to the deputies for the three years of its performance.
Campaign
Against the "Russian White House" Begins
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Dmitry Chernov, Vremya MN, June 11, 2003
Everybody knows that social
policy is based first of all on economic policy. Government proposals
on the economic policy for next year are clear to us in general,
as their proposals on the budget for 2004 have been submitted
to the Duma. Whatever the Cabinet promises us now, this would
not correspond to the real situation, as the economic base the
Cabinet is going to reflect in the budget for the coming year
is such that many of their promises have already turned into mere
words today.
Grigory
Yavlinsky explains his stance on the vote of no-confidence
in the Cabinet
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Andrei Shariy, Radio Liberty, June 11, 2003
"...our possibilities are extremely limited.
But it is our duty to realise them to the full."
No-Confidence
Debate Looms
The Associated Press, June 11, 2003
A no-confidence motion needs a simple majority of 226 votes in
the 450-seat Duma to succeed. That is considered all but impossible
because the Communists, their allies and Yabloko can gather only
about 150 votes. The Duma is dominated by pro-Kremlin centrist
parties.
Duma
safeguards lunch, Kasyanov's future
By Roman Tushin, gazeta.ru, June 10, 2003
The State Duma has set the date when it plans to
bury the controversial issue of a no-confidence vote in the government.
As was expected, the vote will take place on Wednesday, June 18.
Russian
parliament takes up no-confidence motion in government
AFP, June 10, 2003
Russia's lower house of parliament agreed Tuesday
to vote later this month
on a no-confidence motion in the government of Prime Minister Mikhail
Kasyanov.
No-Confidence
Vote
The Moscow Times, June 10, 2003
The Communist Party and the liberal Yabloko faction
have gathered 103 lawmakers' signatures -- enough
to put a motion of no-confidence in the Cabinet on
the parliamentary agenda, Yabloko deputy head Sergei
Ivanenko said Monday.
Deputies
Initiate Vote of No Confidence in Russian Government
pravda.ru, June 7, 2003
On June 10th, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
(CPRF) and the Yabloko faction plan to present 90
signatures to the State Duma council. The signatures
are required to include the question of a vote of
no confidence on the agenda of the forthcoming session
of the Russian parliament's lower house.
YABLOKO:
the Cabinet should account for its performance to
the State Duma.
KM-Novosti, June 2, 2003
...the Russian government has never accounted for its performance for the past three years.
Grigory
Yavlinsky: the Cabinet has never accounted for a single
issue for the past three years.
RTR television channel, "Vesti", June 2, 2003
The YABLOKO party insists that the government should account for its performance to the State Duma in June.
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