A P P E A L
of the President and the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
of the Republic of Tatarstan
We, the plenipotentiaries of the Republic of Tatarstan, are concerned about
the course of the first stage of the Constitutional Assembly and the activity of its bodies. Participating in the discussion on the draft of the Russian Constitution, we
proceeded from the assumption that the irreversible political changes, which took place in the Republic of Tatarstan during last years, will be reflected in the New Basic Law.
The leadership of the Russian Federation became the initiator of the political reform of historically old-fashioned principals of legal-state system and began deep democratic reforms in all republics and regions. The Declaration on the state
sovereignty of the Russian Federation proclaims the adherence to the universally recognized standards of international law, connected with the protection and respect of the fundamental interests of peoples. The sovereignty of the Russian Federation,
proclaimed in the name of the highest purposes, ensures the inherent right of people to self-determination in the chosen national-state forms. The powerful impulse was given to irreversible changes in the former Autonomies. The historical will of our
peoples, age-old aspirations for the real statehood has got their consolidation in the adopted Declaration on the state sovereignty of the Republic of Tatarstan, in the results of the referendum on the state status of Tatarstan and in the adopted new
Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan.
At the same time, in the draft, prepared during the first stage of the
Constitutional Assembly, there are aspirations for the discreditation of the idea of the formation of the new qualitative type of federal relations. It's the disregard of the
legislative initiative of the Republic of Tatarstan on the new vision of federalism in Russia, of constitution of the provision on constitutional and treaty relations between the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Federation - Russia in the
Russian Basic Law.
One can't create the new Constitution of the Russian Federation and
determine the destiny of its multinational peoples, pleasing the pride of some political groups; one must take into account interests of republics.
All this makes us doubt about the adherence of draft authors to the ideas of the new statehood and reform of the Russian Federation in a democratic way. Having outdated position, one can't solve political problems, which contradict the will of
multinational people. The Constitution of the renewed Russian Federation must created on the ground of formed reality, deep-rooted in people's consciousness during the period of "perestroyka". Only the Basic Law can be a reliable guarantee of
observance of rights, freedoms of persons and peoples.
On this conditions we consider that our future participation in the
activity of the Constitutional Assembly and its bodies is not possible and express the confidence that future political wisdom and good will prevail in the solution of problems of
the highest importance, and we aspire to form relations between the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Federation according to the Treaty on mutual delegation of authorities.
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