ULAN-UDE, April 26 Head of Buryatia Alexey Tsydenov told RIA Novosti that he direct elections of the head of the republic and have not heard any official reports about the possibility of their abolition this year. let me down, as they say. And the second, of course, the highest legitimacy of power is when people elected you. Therefore, I personally, if I refer to myself, then I am for direct elections, «Tsydenov said. «If there is any other decision on the elections in the country as a whole, we will act within the framework of a common policy. But in general, I will note again that I am for direct elections,» the head of the republic specified. He noted that he had never heard official proposals to abandon direct elections of heads of regions, but only read in news publics, discussions on this topic by various experts. “I don’t know how it really is there, but I haven’t heard from officials from anyone about any options for changing the approach to elections,” Tsydenov emphasized. Tsydenov was elected head of Buryatia in September 2017, in accordance with Russian law , his term of office will expire in 2022.
