Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that marriage is only possible between "a man and a woman". A principle he would like to see enshrined in the Russian Constitution.
"A marriage is a union between a man and a woman", said Vladimir Poutine, during a meeting with a working group formed by the Kremlin to floor on the constitutional reform proposed in January by the chief of Russian state. "It is a good idea and it should be supported. We just have to think about how to formulate it and where, ”he said, after a proposal made by the conservative MP Olga Batalina to fix in the Constitution that the government must support“ traditional family values ”.
"It's not a fantasy, it's a reality"
According to Olga Batalina, the concept of family is currently in danger due to attempts to introduce new terms like "parent number one" and "parent number two". "It is not a fantasy, it is a reality in several countries," expressed alarm Olga Batalina, who represents the ruling party Russia united in the State Duma (lower house of parliament) and who actively supported in the past the law banning "homosexual propaganda" in the country. “Regarding“ parent number one ”,“ parent number two ”(…), as long as I am president, we will not have it. We will have "dad" and "mom", "said Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin master surprised everyone by announcing in January that Russia needed to amend its written constitution in 1993 and formed a working group of dozens of Russian deputies and celebrities to prepare the amendments. During the meeting with the Russian president on Thursday, the members of this group notably proposed to fix in the Constitution that Russia was a "peacemaking state" or even "victorious country" during the Second World War.
For many analysts, Vladimir Putin organizes with this reform after 2024, leaving the maximum number of doors open to preserve his influence while leaving the post of president since he cannot stand for re-election. For his part, Vladimir Putin says that his recent proposals for constitutional revisions are not intended to "prolong his power" in the country he has been piloting for 20 years.
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