Mr Medvedev and Mr Zorkin discussed a draft federal constitutional law aimed at creating a new set of procedures for vesting with authority the members of the Constitutional Court. The document was passed by the State Duma [the lower house of the Russian parliament] in its first reading.
The bill proposes establishing election procedures in the Constitutional Court whereby the Chairman and his or her deputies will be proposed by the President and appointed by the Federation Council. According to current rules the Chairman, his or her deputies and the Court secretary are elected at a closed plenary session of the Constitutional Court.