Panfilova Quits Human Rights Council
Interfax - 4.28.12 - JRL 2012-79
MOSCOW. April 28 (Interfax) - The Russian head of international anti-corruption organization, Transparency International, Yelena Panfilova has decided to quit the presidential Council for Human Rights before new members are elected to this body after president-elect Vladimir Putin assumes office.
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"I think, given the changes occurring in the country, I will be more useful as a civil activist or participant in other expert formats," Panfilova told Interfax on Saturday.
The presidential Council led by Mikhail Fedotov was efficient, she said. "What the new one will be like, I do not know," she said.
I am not planning to join the new Council, Panfilova said.
On Saturday Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held the Council's final session.
Panfilova announced her decision to quit at the Council session, Fedotov said.
"Wonderful meeting between the Council and @MedvedevRussia. Panfilova presented a report on corruption and announced her departure. Medvedev asked her to stay for the sake of the cause," Council head Mikhail Fedotov wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
"President Medvedev said that the Council must continue its work. At any rate, the president said that the current Council is very good, and such a body is necessary," Fedotov told Interfax after the meeting with Medvedev on Saturday.
Earlier Fedotov said that the current Council will continue its work until the moment president-elect Vladimir Putin signs a decree abolishing or re-electing the Council.
The presidential Council for Human Rights is an advisory body under the Russian president. Its members are famous civil-society representatives.
On December 8, 2011, well-known television host and member of the Russian Television Academy Svetlana Sorokinina, and economist and human rights activist Irina Yasina announced their withdrawal from the presidential Council in sign of protest against falsification of the results of the December 4, 2011 State Duma elections.
MOSCOW. April 28 (Interfax) - The Russian head of international anti-corruption organization, Transparency International, Yelena Panfilova has decided to quit the presidential Council for Human Rights before new members are elected to this body after president-elect Vladimir Putin assumes office.
file photo
"I think, given the changes occurring in the country, I will be more useful as a civil activist or participant in other expert formats," Panfilova told Interfax on Saturday.
The presidential Council led by Mikhail Fedotov was efficient, she said. "What the new one will be like, I do not know," she said.
I am not planning to join the new Council, Panfilova said.
On Saturday Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held the Council's final session.
Panfilova announced her decision to quit at the Council session, Fedotov said.
"Wonderful meeting between the Council and @MedvedevRussia. Panfilova presented a report on corruption and announced her departure. Medvedev asked her to stay for the sake of the cause," Council head Mikhail Fedotov wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
"President Medvedev said that the Council must continue its work. At any rate, the president said that the current Council is very good, and such a body is necessary," Fedotov told Interfax after the meeting with Medvedev on Saturday.
Earlier Fedotov said that the current Council will continue its work until the moment president-elect Vladimir Putin signs a decree abolishing or re-electing the Council.
The presidential Council for Human Rights is an advisory body under the Russian president. Its members are famous civil-society representatives.
On December 8, 2011, well-known television host and member of the Russian Television Academy Svetlana Sorokinina, and economist and human rights activist Irina Yasina announced their withdrawal from the presidential Council in sign of protest against falsification of the results of the December 4, 2011 State Duma elections.