| MOSCOW, June 20, 2002. /RIA Novosti correspondent
Galina Filippova/-- The
Yabloko faction in the State Duma believes it is necessary to
pass a Law on
Combating Extremism "in view of the outbreak of extremism
and signs pointing
to the formation of an extremist underground in Russia."
Sergei
Mitrokhin, a member of the Yabloko faction, told reporters before
the
beginning of the State Duma's plenary session on Thursday where
the
parliamentarians were planning to consider in the second reading
the
presidential draft Law against Extremism.
Mitrokhin said that "it is very important that the adoption
of the new law
will make it possible to fight not only individuals who profess
extremist
ideas and popularise them, but also against organisational structures
of
this kind." The Yabloko faction, said Mitrokhin, has proposed
the following
amendments to the second reading of the draft law: to exclude
from the
definition of extremism words about declaring
illegal actions aimed at hindering "the legal activity of
the federal
executive authorities, the executive authorities of subjects of
the Russian
Federation and local government." The Yabloko faction also
believes that
the suspension of public organisations, suspected of extremism,
must be
validated by a corresponding decision of the Supreme Court only.
In
addition, Yabloko advocates removing from the
text of the draft law any mention of "another state body"
other than the
Ministry of Justice which would be called upon to check the appearance
of
extremist manifestations.
In the opinion of the Yabloko faction, these amendments to the
draft law
would make it impossible to use this law as an instrument of political
pressure, but would preserve all the possibilities for an active
fight
against any manifestations of extremism.
See also: YABLOKO
Against Extremism |
