Yesterday, the State Duma began to consider in the first reading a package of constitutional laws submitted to the lower house of parliament by President Vladimir Putin in connection with the amendments to the Russian Constitution that came into force this summer.

Including adopted a bill on the formation of the government.

Now the chairman of the government and federal civil ministers will be approved by the State Duma, after which the president is obliged to appoint them by his decree.

The heads of law enforcement, justice and foreign affairs go through a similar path of consultations - only in the upper house of the Federal Assembly, in the Federation Council.

The draft law adopted in the first reading brings the procedure for forming the government into line with the adopted amendments to the Constitution.

In general, the block of constitutional amendments dedicated to reforming the organization of the system of power in our country establishes a stable balance, redistributing part of the president's constitutional powers between the executive, parliamentary and judicial branches of government.

The transition from the crisis “manual” management of the “super-presidential” republic as amended by the 1993 Constitution to a guaranteed balance of interests of citizens and the state with common tasks of sustainable development is fundamental.

This is a fundamentally new level of quality and responsibility of the authorities as a whole.

Today the role and powers of the State Duma deputies as direct representatives of citizens and senators of the Federation Council as direct representatives of the regions are expanding.

There will be much more active public policy.

However, at the same time, the responsibility of deputies and senators for the results of the government's work is growing not only to the voter and the region, but also to future generations of our citizens.

These are not high-flown words - they are now reality.

The government, as an organic part of the unified system of public power, organizes and controls the work of the executive bodies, annually reports to the parliament on the work done, and can be dismissed on a vote of no confidence by the Federal Assembly.

The President operatively controls the activities of the government and directs the structures of defense, security, foreign and internal affairs.

The prime minister is personally accountable to the president.

In turn, the head of state can dismiss one chairman without dissolving the entire government.

Among other things, in the bill adopted in the first reading, the protectors against an artificial government crisis are spelled out in detail, so that parliamentarians do not have temptation and their political behavior does not become irresponsible.

The idea of ​​organizing a unified system of public power while maintaining the principle of separation of powers runs like a red thread through the new constitutional laws, and, as Pavel Krasheninikov, chairman of the legislation committee, noted when presenting the presidential bill, the principles of such a unified system will be disclosed in a new bill on the State Council.

Separately, it should be noted that the constitutional amendments described what the expert community calls the nationalization of the elites.

Now, under no circumstances can there be people with dual citizenship or residence permits abroad, those who are dependent on foreign property and assets, in federal and higher regional government positions.

And also their closest relatives: wives, minor children.

This also applies to deputies of all levels and members of the Federation Council.

People who make fundamental government decisions, who have access to levers for the distribution of state resources, should be relieved of any other motivation, except for ensuring the interests of every citizen of the country and national interests in general.

Next year, scheduled elections of deputies of the VIII convocation of the State Duma will take place, which will implement the new powers and provisions of the Constitution, and, obviously, then a new cabinet of ministers will be formed.

In the meantime, the current composition of the parliament must bring all the rest of the legislation in line with the constitutional amendments.

As the head of the relevant parliamentary committee, Pavel Krasheninnikov, indicated earlier, more than a hundred federal laws will require amendments.

The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.