INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vladimir Putin had in 2008 left the Kremlin after completing 2 presidential termsMoscow: The Kremlin said on
Friday that a suggestion by regional lawmakers to change the constitution to allow President Vladimir Putin to serve another presidential
term when his current term ends in 2024 was not on Putin's agenda.Lawmakers in the southern region of Chechnya this week suggested Russia
adopt a law that would allow the president to serve three terms in a row
The constitution currently bars anyone from serving more than two consecutive terms."This is a constitutional question," Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call on Friday when asked about the proposal
"It is not an item on the president's agenda."Peskov said Putin had made his position on changing the constitution clear in the past.Putin
in 2008 left the Kremlin after completing two presidential terms in line with the constitution and stepped aside to allow his close ally,
Dmitry Medvedev, to serve a single presidential term while he served as prime minister.Putin then returned to the presidency in 2012 and won
another six-year term this year, prompting speculation about what he will do when his current term ends in 2024 when he will be 71 years
old.© Thomson Reuters 2018(This story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
