Elections

The political system established by the Constitution of 1993 provides the President with substantial superiority over other branches of the state. The President is elected to the office for ………….. of four years by the citizens of the Russian Federation on the basis of universal, direct and equal suffrage by ……… ………. In December 2008 the term was extended to 6 years. No one may hold ………… for more than two terms ……………. Russia has multiparty system with one dominant party United Russia. Presently there are four parties that make up the federal parliament, the State Duma: United Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Just Russia. A candidate for the President of the Russian Federation can be ……………….. by a political party or by the candidate personally. In the later case the candidate must have an initiative group of 500 …………... A candidate who receives more than one half of the votes is considered elected. The President stops ……………… his duties ahead of time if he resigns, because of ………………, or if he cannot continue to carry out his duties due to poor health. ……………… of a new President are to take place within 3 months and in the meantime his duties are acted upon by the ……………………. of the Government of the Russian Federation.

В) Расскажите о выборах Президента Российской Федерации.

13. Самостоятельная работа. Подготовка к обсуждению следующих проблем на семинаре.

1. Выразите свое отношение к государственному устройству и политической системе вашей страны. Укажите преимущества и недостатки. Аргументируйте свою точку зрения.

2. Хотели бы вы стать Президентом Российской Федерации, членом Парламента или политиком? Какие меры по совершенствованию системы управления страной вы бы предложили?

UNIT 2. UK SYSTEM OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT

Text 2

1. Просмотрите текст 2 и озаглавьте каждый абзац, используя следующие заголовки.

UK Government. General Elections. Introduction. Cabinet Government. Judiciary. Parties. Parliament.