In order not to receive run-around replies from officials

To reduce the number of official run-around replies to citizens' appeals – this is the essence of the initiative of a group of deputies of the Supreme Council. Parliamentarians Aleksandr Korshunov, Vadim Kravchuk and Grigory Dyachenko initiated amendments to the law “On Appeals of Citizens and Legal Entities, as well as Public Associations” and to the Code of Administrative Offenses.

According to the current law, if the body of state power and administration is not competent in the issue that the applicant applied for, it is necessary to redirect to the authorized body within three working days. This rule is not always implemented in practice, the authors of the law-in-draft note. Some officials do not redirect citizens' appeals "to the address" on time, arguing that the three-day period has passed.

Therefore, the parliamentarians proposed to establish the obligation of state authorities and administration to redirect citizens' appeals to the authorized body. Liability for violation of such an obligation in relation to officials is introduced, the same as that provided for by the Code of Administrative Offenses for violation of the deadlines for considering citizens' appeals. The fine is from 10 to 25 minimum wage (from 180 to 450 rubles), and for a repeated violation – from 25 to 50 minimum wage (450 to 900 rubles).

The parliamentarian cited as an example the appeals of voters who express dissatisfaction with the fact that their appeals are not responded to in time. The deputy of the Supreme Council Grigory Dyachenko faced the same problem. He expressed his position earlier when the issue was discussed in the course of the meeting of the Committee on Legislation, Protection of the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens.

The colleagues' law-in-draft was supported by the deputies at the plenary session of the Supreme Council in the first reading. The relevant committee will continue to work on the document to prepare for the second reading.