Organization of Public Power in the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation: Reforming or Improving?

The introduction of the principle of unity of public authority has led to the development of a new federal law «On the general principles of the public authority organization in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation». In this regard, the author set the goal: to determine how the provisions of this law change the system and status of public authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. When considering these issues a wide range of methods was used, including the method of analysis, comparison, logical, deduction and generalization. As a result of the study the features of the state power system of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation were identified, the main of which, in our view, is the attribution of the highest official to the mandatory bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation; the consistency of existing models of state power organization of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation was outlined. In this case, due to a different legal technique and the allocation of provisions on the highest official in a separate chapter of the law, there is a certain confusion with the definition of his position in the system of public authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The author supports the provisions of the law on the inclusion of the highest official of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation among the mandatory in the system of public authorities of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, and justifies the need to include provisions on it in the chapter on executive power bodies.