Russian president doesn’t rule out tougher anti-terror laws !
Posted by pearllysun | Posted in Russian Federation, Russian news | Posted on 30-03-2010
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GORKI, March 30 (Itar-Tass) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev does not rule out the toughening of anti-terrorist legislation.
“There’s a reason to return to the problem of administering justice under (Criminal Code articles) on terrorism and related crimes, and discuss the perfection of this kind of practice,” the head of state said at conference on Tuesday which addressed the improvement of the country’s judicial system.
Medvedev said he was awaiting proposals form the participants in the Tuesday meeting.
“We’ll hold several more conferences in the near future, which will address amendments to the legislation in this field (security) and preparations of special regulatory enactments.
“In this sense, consultations with the judicial authorities would be expedient,” the president said.
At the beginning of the conference, he reminded that Moscow was mourning the victims of the terrorist attacks.
“We all mourn the losses, the people who died in the acts of terror. It is a terrible tragedy, a crime,” Medvedev said.
He proposed to pay attention to certain issues of perfecting the legislation, aimed at preventing acts of terrors, and precise functioning of various agencies that handle the investigations into these crimes, as well as the implementation of other procedures related to safety on the transport and in public places.
The president believes it possible to introduce a simplified procedure of pre-trial review of the criminal cases over minor offenses.
“We talked about the possibility of extra-judicial procedure of exacting tax debts from natural persons who are not entrepreneurs. There are many problems in this sphere; many petty cases, but they are many, and justice is suffering,” Medvedev said.
In his opinion, the State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament will consider, in the near future, his legislative initiative regarding the court’s meeting the reasonable timeframe for legal proceedings.
“The problem of reviewing cases by courts is periodically raised at the international level, which is not very good for us. The issue of more effective means of legal protection remain among the key ones.
“I ordered to work out special legislative mechanisms that guarantee the rights of citizens and organizations to legal proceedings within a reasonable timeframe and the rights to the execution of court’s acts within a reasonable period; and a violation of the deadlines should be groundwork for awarding fair compensations.
“The presidential administration, together with the Supreme Court and the high arbitration tribunal have prepared the corresponding draft documents,” Medvedev said.
Last week, the president submitted them to the lower house of parliament as his legislative initiative. “It will be an important guarantee protecting citizens’ rights; the rights to effective justice,” the head of state said.
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Source & Courtesy : itar-tass .





