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Putin Through 2030? He Says Law On Consecutive Term Limits "Could Be Abolished"

• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

Given he was re-elected in March 2018 and inaugurated in May to a six-year term, Putin is set to leave office in 2024, but on Thursday he said the following:

"One thing that could be changed about these (presidential) terms is removing the clause about 'successive' (terms). Your humble servant served two terms consecutively, then left his post and had the constitutional right to return to the post of president, because these were not two successive terms," he said.

"(This clause) troubles some of our political analysts and public figures. Well, maybe it could be removed."

"It's only possible to do this (changes) after thorough preparation and a deep discussion in society. You'd need to be very careful," he added.

lt's not the first time Kremlin officials have batted the idea around, but it is the first time the Russian leader himself explicitly talked about the possibility of amending or removing the key consecutive term limit clause. 

In the aftermath of the controversial statement, there was back-and-forth among pundits over just what was meant by the perhaps intentionally ambiguous remarks. 


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