does the president currently have only he alone can nominate the prime minister and other cabinet members of parliament just gives a formal green light to the candidates the proposal would flip that giving parliament the final say on who serves in government and the president would not be able to reject the m.p.'s choices. powers would be redistributed between various branches of government intended to lock in more checks and balances into russia's government system another big change would limit the president's tenure to only 2 terms in total as opposed to no more than 2 terms in a row as it is now. that means future leaders won't be able to serve for as long as putin has but it isn't that a member which has got western media excited putin's perceived trick to stay in power forever the existing rules say putin must stand aside in 4 years time after his 2nd consecutive term albeit his 4th mandate in total m.p.'s are pushing a proposal to 0 out his term count a reset button for an updated constitution i propose to add to the new constitution that the current president like any other citizen would have t

has been elected prime minister by members of the parliament. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. after three decades in parliament and fourjobs in the cabinets in ireland. amidst the celebrations, there was a very visible reminder of his immediate challenge — politicians met in socially distanced format and away from their usual debating chamber to formally approve the new government. the head of the coalition said its priority was to deal with the social and economic havoc caused by covid—19. recovery and renewal — these are the themes which underpin everything in the programme for government which has been agreed between fianna fail, fine gael and the green party, and has been ratified by our members with overwhelming majorities. fianna fail and fine gael have dominated governments here in dublin for almost a century, but never before have they gone into coalition together. they grew out of two sides in the irish civil war in the 1920s and their historical rivalry has been intense, though both parties broadly have the political centre, but fine gael has tended to be slightly to the right of fianna fail. the fine gael leader leo varadkar h

cabinet secretary. presiding officer, i frequently appear in front of parliament either personally or remotely in the domestic circumstances i have is to a nswer domestic circumstances i have is to answer the questions of members questions. iam sent june to answer portfolio questions. i am sent topical questions from my son's bedroom on the 16th ofjune. i appeared again from my son because my bedroom on the 12th ofjune. i a nswered my bedroom on the 12th ofjune. i answered portfolio questions on the 28th of may and i made a statement to parliament on the 26th of may, again from my son's bedroom. all these occasions since the publication of the education recovery group report. so the conservatives don't dare suggest that i do not appear in front of this parliament to fulfil my duties. it isa this parliament to fulfil my duties. it is a disgraceful slur by the conservatives to suggest that. there we re conservatives to suggest that. there were a number of questions in mr green's points, which were dealt with by the statement i made. i said our planning assumption is to get all pupils back to school in august. isaid all pupils back to school in august. i said there will have to be scientific advice taken to enabl