In 1999, the Unity party was created, in 2001 it was transformed by merging with the OVR into United Russia. Today, few people want to remember how the country lived 20 years ago and how in these two decades we managed to qualitatively change our lives, having lived a year or two. We were forced at this pace to catch up with the lost time of the 1990s, to restore not only the ruined economy and economy, but also the mental image of our great state in our minds.
It cannot be said that we have fully recovered from the catastrophe of 1991, after the ruin of liberal reforms and, in fact, national humanitarian genocide. There are still enough problems. However, it is worth noting that we, as a nation, survived this plague and recovery is proceeding at a fast pace. Hence the painfully nervous sanctionary reaction of our sworn and eternal Western "partners." In this process, there is an important role for the party in power. Almost the only full-sized party in the country - United Russia.
“Russia is focusing,” as President V. Putin wrote in the famous article in 2012, quoting the catch phrase from Russia's great son, Prince Gorchakov. And in the XIX century, and seven years ago, it made a strong impression on Western opponents. We managed to accomplish a lot. There is much more to be achieved. This path is not easy.
Opening the 19th congress of the ruling party, the president said that “the party does not rule, but serves. Serves people, citizens of Russia! ” This formula is as fundamentally important as the moral benchmark of power. Almost all members of the government, three quarters of the State Duma deputies and senators, almost all the heads of Russian regions gathered in the hall.
In general, it is worth noting that couch experts are confounded: “United Russia” remains the party of Putin - he is its founder and an informal leader. What he made clear in his speech to the audience.
At the congress, the party’s chairman, Prime Minister Medvedev, announced a new course for United Russia ahead of the parliamentary elections of 2021, which are important for the whole country, when not only the political result for the party is at stake, but more responsibility for maintaining a dynamic and high-quality development course for the whole countries. United Russia is becoming a party for all citizens of Russia, not just supporters and party members. It was announced that a human rights center and a network of multifunctional reception centers across the country could be established on the basis of the General Council of the party, where any citizen can turn for help and receive it promptly, regardless of his sympathies and political orientation. This is the degree of responsibility of the party in power. If you want, her mission.
"United Russia" is changing with society and is opening up for society, following the needs of society.
Of course, as the party in power, United Russia is exposed to the same viruses that, like corrosion, corrode the very power: bureaucracy, corruption. So in fact in any country this happens. The main antibiotic for treating viruses, of course, is the moral approach. Unlike many countries, in Russia political mentality and, so to speak, culturalism are based on moral search and justice. This is recorded in our gene code.
The request for justice and respect for human rights is one of the main requests of Russian citizens. United Russia has created a human rights center that will become the largest and most effective human rights organization in the country. Taking into account the party’s capabilities at the regional and federal levels, and, most importantly, given the new course of the party, aimed at the individual, at every citizen, few doubt this. In general, human rights activities will become almost the main focus of the work of United Russia. The center will be attended by both deputies and party leaders, as well as independent experts and public opinion leaders. The head of the EP human rights center was a brilliant journalist and well-known human rights activist Margarita Simonyan.
“United Russia”, of course, enjoys the support of society primarily because of its affairs, the results of work that can be achieved in difficult conditions. Even in conditions of the extremely unpopular, but vital for the future development of pension reform, when the EP assumed full political responsibility, the party in power retained its status of the country's leading political force. At the last EDG in September this year, nearly 80% of all mandates won were United Russia.
In his speech at the congress, President V. Putin defined the party as "the only political power in the country that can not only state plans, but also realize them, take responsibility for decisions made, including unpopular measures." So, in general, it is.
At the XIX party congress, preparations for the election of 2021 were practically launched. For the first time, probably in recent history, the election campaign starts almost two years before the election. This is the party’s new responsible approach to the process of reproduction of representative power itself.
For 20 years, EP as a party has gone through a long period of development with the whole country, with all of us. But the most important thing, in my opinion, is that today we have approached or returned to understand the role that the party of power plays in the state and society. That is, the party is a kind of cement that connects the state and society and turns us into a big country. To Power.
The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.