ALL PHOTOS RBC: the Advisory Council under the CEC abolished following criticism of voting on amendments to the ConstitutionAGN Moscow / Sergey Vedyashkin According to the CEC head Ella Pamfilova, the CEC concluded that the current form of the independent experts (NES) for us was totally unacceptable, calling it an absolute anachronismAGN Moscow / Sergey Vedyashkin of the Scientific expert Council under the Central election Commission (CEC) was abolished. The decision was taken unanimously at the meeting of CECAGN Moscow / Sergey Vedyashkin

the Scientific expert Council under the Central election Commission (CEC) was abolished. The decision was taken unanimously at a meeting of the CEC, the correspondent of RBC.

According to the CEC head Ella Pamfilova, in Ccentrizbirkom came to the conclusion that the current form of the independent experts (NES) for us was totally unacceptable, calling it an absolute anachronism. According to her, 10 Mar everyone experts can come to the CEC and to discuss the work of the expert platform. Pamfilova also said that the abolition of the expert group of four people under the Chairman of the CEC.

the Decision on liquidation of the R / V was made after one of the members of the Council, Boris Nadezhdin, has prepared a letter criticizing a nationwide vote on amendments to the Constitution and a proposal to hold a special meeting of the CEC on this topic. This became known in the presidential administration, after which Pamfilova held a unpleasant conversation with officials of the Kremlin. Nadezhdin himself said that the idea of CEC it eventually dissuaded colleagues on the Council.

the Day before Pamfilova held a meeting of the Council, which invited members to consider changing the format of the work. We intend to create a more effective interaction with the experts. But now we are not satisfied neither, nor you. Therefore, we would like to consult with you and find the right shape, she said.

RBC Previously reported that CEC pereformuliruem the Council because of claims of the Kremlin to his work. Claims are that the R / V there is no work plan, its members do not hold regular activities, the Council is not divided into working groups. One of the interlocutors RBC stressed that it is just about the reformatting, however, the composition of the Board changed much, and it will decrease.

Now in NES consists of several dozen people, including political scientists Yevgeny Minchenko, Valery Solovey and Dmitry Oreshkin, representatives of the largest polling agencies, editors-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets and echo of Moscow Pavel Gusev and Alexei Venediktov, as well as the leader of Patriots of the great Fatherland Nikolai Starikov, and the President of the Institute of Middle East Yevgeny SATAray. Since the formation of the Council in 2018, he met three times. Several times the meeting had to be cancelled because most members of the NES did not.

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