The Constitution Day
The Constitution of the Russian Federation is the supreme law of Russia. It is the source of the legal authority of the government and the foundation of the whole Russian legal system.
This power of the Constitution bases on the people’s will and power. They adopted this document on the referendum which took place on December 12, 1993. That is why we have today a celebration and a reason to discuss this issue.
I’ll try to explain the most of the Constitution basic provisions in the nearest future, but this post is devoted to the people who adopted the Constitution and their attitude to it. Yesterday The Moscow Times published the results of a survey which shows that:
- the share of Russians who believe that the Constitution is relevant and respected has doubled over the past seven years;
- 47 percent of them said the Constitution should be amended only in extremely rare circumstances;
- but only 16 percent of respondents said that they had read the Constitution and knew its contents.
Of course, the last figure is a shame for Russians!