Topical issues of early termination of powers of deputies of representative bodies of municipalities for non-compliance with anti-corruption legislation

Abstract

The early termination of the powers of deputies of representative bodies of municipalities as a measure of anti-corruption security has a high preventive potential. However, law enforcement practice indicates that deputies of representative bodies of municipalities abuse their rights, which is expressed, in particular, in avoiding the application of a measure of early termination of powers in relation to deputies who violated anti-corruption legislation. The current situation is largely determined by the consolidation in legislation of the exclusive competence of the representative body of the municipality to make a decision on the early termination of the powers of a deputy. There are often cases when, if there are grounds for early termination of the powers of a deputy due to a clear violation of the provisions of anti-corruption legislation, a representative body applies a less severe measure of responsibility or does not apply any measures at all. During the research, the author used the general scientific method of dialectical cognition, as well as private scientific methods: system-structural, formal-logical (deduction, induction), etc. According to the results of the study, the author came to the conclusion that one of the ways to solve the current situation is the legislative consolidation of the early termination of powers of a deputy of a representative body of a municipal formation in court. The Judicial Board for Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in one of its rulings pointed to the possibility of early termination of the deputy's powers in court. At the same time, the question remains open about the need for a subsequent decision on the early termination of the powers of a deputy by a representative body, by virtue of the exclusive competence assigned to it by law, if the powers of a deputy were terminated prematurely by a court. The legislative consolidation of the measure in question in court will resolve existing issues about "judicial activism" and increase the effectiveness of its application.