On 14 June, the Ingushetian parliament amended the republic\'s constitution to stipulate that the parliament confirms and empowers the Russian president\'s nominee for the post of president of Ingushetia, who serves for a period of five years. Murat Zyazikov, who submitted his resignation to President Putin on 2 June with a request that he be renominated, which Putin duly did, signed the amendment the same day. On 15 June, presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District Dmitrii Kozak presented Zyazikov to the Ingushetian parliament, and 30 of the 31 deputies present voted in favor of Zyazikov\'s reappointment. The sole dissenter was reportedly opposition leader Musa Ozdoev, who expressed disappointment that fellow deputies who disapprove of Zyazikov and have expressed their support for Ozdoev failed to vote against Zyazikov. Two deputies who, according to Ozdoev, would also have rejected Zyazikov\'s renomination were absent from the session. Ozdoev termed Zyazikov\'s reappointment \"yet another tragedy for the Ingush people.\" He predicted that the hatred of the Ingush for Zyazikov will mutate into hatred of the Russian leadership, and consequently Russia\'s control over the North Caucasus will be weakened. (RFE/RL)