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Presidential term, or the supreme power without time-limit

https://doi.org/10.31249/poln/2019.04.10

Abstract

Subject of the article is Presidential term and attempts of autocrats to extend it as longer as possible. There are discussed advantages and negative aspects of unlimited opportunities for presidency. In author’s view, unlimited long presidency have to be identified rather with personalist regime as a variety of authoritarian one. Essence of that regime is a personification of power and its concentration in hands of one person - the President under authoritarian regime, the General Secretary of dominant party, the Caudillo, leader of nation etc. Author discovers some other features of personalist regime and its incompatibility with principles of democracy: sovereignty of the people, separation of powers, political competition, freedom of oppositions, civic and political rights and freedoms and others. Main part of the article is devoted to reasons why Presidents or other subjects of supreme power go out from their office and to analysis of means to continue presidency by manipulation with constitution: including norm on presidency for life, extending president term, appointment of successor, transformation of political system from presidential one into parliamentary, and some others. In conclusion it is pointed out on problem of transit of power in Russia.

About the Author

M. Kh. Farukshin
Kazan (Volga region) federal university
Russian Federation


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