16 Jan 20
@athousandyoung saidAfter his second term ATY.
How long before Trump tries to do the same thing?
@earl-of-trumps saidNo, not a coup. It's Putin scheming how to stay in power indefinitely. Putin has no intention of going quietly into retirement as an ex-head of state. However, he cannot serve as president again. So, he is preparing a new government body with nearly equal power to the presidency, and he will head that new body, of course.
I think it's a soft coup, myself.
gov shut down? ppl be screaming before long
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One of the standout proposals is making the State Council a formal government agency enshrined in the constitution.
At the moment it is an advisory body packed with 85 regional governors and other officials including political party leaders. It is so large that when it meets it fills a hall in the Kremlin.
But Mr Putin clearly has designs on its future. One theory is that he could become a new, powerful leader of the State Council.
"The very fact he's started a discussion on the State Council is that he's maybe trying to create another place where power resides, where he can step above the presidential post,"
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quoted from here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51120167