Constitutional court to move to St. Petersburg
Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko said on Tuesday that Duma Council had seconded a proposal of St. Petersburg legislative and executive power representatives to transfer Constitutional court from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
"Constitutional Court return into its original historical building is rectification of a historical injustice", said Matvienko to journalists. She also mentioned that each Duma group representatives had unanimously supported this proposal.
"Now the draft of Constitutional court law amendment concerning the part of its placement must be prepared", noted she.
At the same time, the former Constitutional court chairman Vladimir Tumanov supposes the transfer to adversely affect the operation of the court.
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