Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in 4th session of Tatarstan State Council of 5th convocation
26 November 2014, Wednesday
On November 26, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the 4th session of Tatarstan State Council of the 5th convocation, where the presidium introduced 41 issues for consideration, including 23 draft bills of the Republic of Tatarstan. Ten draft bills will be considered in the first reading, nine- in the second.
The bill on budget of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2015 and planned period of 2016 and 2017 will be the main issue on the agenda. 113 amendments have been introduced, 8 of them are recommended to be declined by the relevant committee.
Personnel issues were also discussed at the session. In particular, powers of Chairman of Constitutional Court of the Republic of Tatarstan Viktor Demidov will be terminated on November 30 in connection with expiration of their term stipulated by legislation (10 years). Such decision was made by Tatarstan State Council today.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Viktor Demidov for his work and handed a Letter of gratitude.
Chairman of the State Council Farid Mukhametshin said that the candidacy of new Head of the Constitutional Court will be considered by the parliament in December.
Besides, Tatyana Larionova was appointed Deputy Chairman of Tatarstan State Council. She thanked deputies for given trust.
Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, and members of Tatarstan Government took part in the session.
On 12 January, congratulating employees of the prosecutor’s office with their professional holiday - Day of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation- Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin wrote in his address:
“For more than three centuries the prosecutor's office has been the guardian of state and public security as well as constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of our country.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatutllin informed that in the current year the Ministry will take part in implementation of five national projects and three state programmes with planned construction and capital overhaul of 172 facilities for the total sum of 17bn rubles.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov informed that it is expected to achieve a comparable growth of produce of 1.5%, including that in food production - at least 2.6% in the agricultural sector.
On 4 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who is the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission of prevention and elimination of emergency situation and ensuring fire safety of the republic, has taken a decision to put into operation the “Buran” (Snow storm) plan in Tatarstan starting from 2 pm on 4 January until the consequences of adverse meteorological events are eliminated by ministries, departments and organizations which ensure the smooth movement of road and rail transport in winter.