He noted that the message of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly outlined the ambitious tasks of updating the political system, changing the balance of power in the country, which was supposed to concern the government, parliament, the judiciary, and partly the president.
“In order to make all these decisions, the president must be absolutely free to discuss and take them without regard to any other factors. Including the factor of the government, ”Medvedev quotes TASS.
Another reason, he said, was the time factor.
As Medvedev recalled, he served as prime minister for nearly eight years.
“It was, after all, a very long, complicated work related to making decisions on extremely difficult issues ... This also needs to be taken into account,” he said.
Earlier, Medvedev called for a calm resignation of the government.
On January 15, the Russian government resigned. Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma the candidacy of the head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin for the post of chairman of the Cabinet.
Later, the deputies approved the candidacy of Mishustin. The president signed a decree on his appointment.