Mintimer Shaimiev: “If the party is at the helm, it has to be responsible for everything”

Asked by journalists about appointing mayors of cities, Mintimer Shaimiev said: “I think that they should be elected. Under the existing legislation, when municipal bodies of power are formed deputies elect a mayor”. Then the RT President marked that today 999 municipal formations work in Tatarstan and do it more actively than anywhere else.
According to Mintimer Shaimiev, in the Tatarstan Parliament the United Russia party members are in absolute majority, as well as in municipal formations. The Tatarstan President is the Co-Chairman of the party, and the State Council Chairman is the head of the regional branch of the party. Hence, the Government is mainly formed of United Russia representatives. “If the party is at the helm, it has to be responsible for everything. This is what is now occurring in our republic”, the Tatarstan President marked.