11 Apr 2012 14:59

Presidential 'filter' for governors must be transparent - Putin

MOSCOW. April 11 (Interfax) - The presidential "filter" for gubernatorial nominations must be transparent and clear to citizens, said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

"Are 'filters' needed at the federal level? A presidential 'filter,' for instance? If we devise such a mechanism, I will support it, of course. But, again, it must not be burdensome and it must be transparent and clear to citizens, so the situation where a president intuitively and subjectively rejects a nomination, will be ruled out," Putin told the State Duma on Wednesday.