Actual problems of Russian law
Reference:
Taeva, N.E.
On the issue of constitutionality
of norms limiting the passive election right
of the people convicted to deprivation
of freedom due to committing grave
and (or) extremely grave crimes
// Actual problems of Russian law.
2013. ¹ 9.
P. 1080-1088.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=63129
Taeva, N.E. On the issue of constitutionality
of norms limiting the passive election right
of the people convicted to deprivation
of freedom due to committing grave
and (or) extremely grave crimes
Abstract:
The article contains analysis of constitutionality of the norm of the Federal Law of June 12, 2002 N. 67-
FZ «On the primary guarantees of election rights and the right to participate in referendum of the citizens of the
Russian Federation» (pp. «a» p. 3.2 of Art. 4), establishing the prohibition for being elected for the persons ever
convicted for the commission of grave and extremely grave crimes. Topicality of this issue is due to the fact that a
group of citizens filed a suit in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. The federal legislator has a right
to establish other limitations to the election right of citizens of the Russian Federation in addition to those provided
for by the Art. 32 p. 2 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The author comes to a conclusion that the limitations
should not cross the constitutional values, as enshrined in p. 3 of Art. 55 of the Constitution of the Russian
Federation. The limitation to the passive elective right by the Federal Law «On the primary guarantees of election
rights and the right to participate in referendum of the citizens of the Russian Federation» complies with the constitutional
principle of equality of individuals and citizens. The author makes a conclusion that the fact that the though
a person may have served his term, it does not free him from responsibility for a crime, and it may not provide for
an exception from the general limitation of passive elective right. The article also establishes the issue of correlation
of different types of legal responsibility: constitutional and criminal. In the opinion of the author, the existing limitation
to the passive elective right does not contradict to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Additionally, this
limitation corresponds to the principle of reasonableness and proportionality, which were often mentioned in the
decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
Keywords:
election right, boundaries to limitations, equal rights principle, constitutional responsibility, proportionality principles, the Constitutional Court, constitutional justice, criminal responsibility, person, elector.
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