CEC handed Zhirinovsky's Duma mandate to Andrey Svintsov

MOSCOW, June 1 federal list of the party, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from a meeting of the Central Election Commission. At a meeting on Wednesday, June 1, the CEC adopted a resolution on the transfer of the vacant mandate of the deputy of the State Duma of the eighth convocation from the Liberal Democratic Party, which appeared after the death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, to Andrey Svintsov.May 27, 16:53 Slutsky confirmed that he was elected the head of the Supreme Council of the LDPRSvintsov was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VI and VII convocations. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications. According to CEC member Alexander Kurdyumov, on May 17, 2022, the State Duma adopted a resolution on the early termination of the powers of State Duma deputy Vladimir Zhirinovsky, nominated by the LDPR party, in connection with his death «Within the period established by law, the Liberal Democratic Party did not use the right to submit a decision to the CEC of Russia proposing a candidate to fill a vacant deputy mandate … The right to transfer the vacant mandate of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky passes to the CEC of Russia. Since there are no registered candidates in the federal part of the federal list of candidates, who did not receive deputy mandates, the deputy mandate that turned out to be vacant is subject to distribution among other regional groups of candidates … It is proposed to transfer the vacant mandate of a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation to registered candidate Andrey Nikolaev Svintsov chu — the first number in the regional group 41,» Kurdyumov said. The CEC member explained that after the adoption of the resolution, a telegram would be sent to Svintsov notifying him of the transfer of the deputy mandate to him. «In order to register Andrei Nikolayevich Svintsov as a deputy of the State Duma, within five days from the date of receipt of the telegram, he is obliged to submit to the CEC of Russia the documents required in accordance with the law on the termination of powers that are incompatible with the status of a deputy of the State Duma,» he added. Zhirinovsky died on April 6, 2022 after a severe and prolonged illness. May 17, 15:30 The State Duma terminated Zhirinovsky's mandate at the plenary session