Deprivation of immunity privilege is virtually impossible
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill granting immunity to former presidents.
According to the British Daily Guardian on the 22nd (local time), the bill is based on the fact that the former president who has completed his term of office will not be held responsible for criminal or administrative responsibility for life, and will not be arrested, detained, seized, searched, investigated, or searched. These privileges also apply to business and residence facilities, vehicles, communications equipment, documents and cargo, and correspondence belonging to the former president. Originally, the former Russian president was granted immunity only for crimes committed while in office.
Of course, the immunity privilege will be deprived if the Senate admits the charges of the former president’s grave crimes raised by the House of Representatives (National Duma). However, the suspicion of the House of Representatives and the decision to deprive the Senate of immunity can only be made with the motion of more than a third of the House of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives. In addition, the allegations must be confirmed through the Supreme Court’s judgment on the existence of signs of crime and the Constitutional Court’s judgment on compliance with the allegation procedure. In other words, difficult procedures and conditions made it virtually difficult to hold the former president accountable.
The law that came into force applies when President Vladimir Putin retires after completing his fourth term in 2024. Former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (now Vice-Chairman of the National Security Council), who served as President Putin’s last close of 2008-2012, will also be subject to this law.
/ Reporter Kwak Yoon-ah [email protected]
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