Top United Russia figure doesn’t support appointing Kemerovo’s ex-governor to be speaker of the region’s parliament
Source: Meduza
A small hiccup in former Kemerovo Governor Aman Tuleyev’s “retirement”: his plans to ascend to the speaker’s role in the regional parliament have failed to win the support of Sergey Neverov, the head of United Russia’s faction in the State Duma. “I think it’s wrong and people simply won’t understand this decision,” Neverov told the news agency Interfax on Friday.
A day earlier, eight deputies from United Russia in the State Duma appealed to acting Kemerovo Governor Sergey Tsivilev, asking him to support Tuleyev’s nomination for the speaker’s position.
After serving as governor for more than 20 years, Aman Tuleyev (now 73 years old) resigned on April 1, following a fire at a local shopping mall that killed 64 people, including 41 children.