YELTSIN SEEN VETOING FEDERATION COUNCIL ELECTION BILL.

Presidentialaides said that Boris Yeltsin will veto the recently passed bill"On the formation of the Federation Council" becauseits election procedures violate provisions of the Russian Constitution,Interfax reported August 3. Following such a veto, Yeltsin islikely to issue a decree which will set the standards for theselection of the parliament’s upper house but, several parliamentarianssuggested, would lower the legitimacy of both that house andthe government as a whole.

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