2/23 notes- period 4

EXECUTIVE BRANCH
President:
Directly elected by the people for a 4 year term
Chosen in a system of a two ballot runoff
2 consecutive term limit
Head of state
If he is incapacitated the prime minister will serve until elections can be held
Can propose legislation
Authority to issue decrees which have the force of law
Right to call a state of emergency
May be impeached
Commander and chief of armed forces
Heads security council

Government:
Can issue decrees
Can be overridden by the president
Can propose legislature

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Upper House (Federation Council)
2 representatives from each autonomous republic
Can do little more than delay passage
Bi region vote
Lower House (Duma)
Represents the general population
4 year term

Vote of No Confidence
Opposition to majority creates a petition – 90 signatures
226 votes to dismiss prime minister and cabinet

BUREAUCRACY
Nomenclature system collapsed
Patron client networks strong
Cabinet of ministers: run major executive branch departments

JUDICIAL BRANCH
1991
Russia institutes office of president and Constitutional Court
Task to render decisions on Constitution and decrees
Yeltsin dissolved it when the court had to choose between him and Parliament

1993
Court banned by Yeltsin decree
Established a new court to settle disputes
Provided for a Supreme Court
No judicial review
Provided for use of jury trials
Citizens not protected by double jeopardy