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Press release, 15.09.2000

The State Duma of the RF declines the proposal to found an independent parliamentary enquiry to investigate the accident with the “Kursk” submarine

On September 15, 2000, the State Duma of the RF declined the proposal of the group of deputies – representatives of the SPS, Yabloko, “Fatherland – All Russia” (OVR) faction and the “Regions of Russia” group – to establish an independent parliamentary enquiry to investigate the accident involving the “Kursk” submarine in the Barents Sea.

Most of the deputies (362 votes) back the proposal requesting that the President of Russia include representatives of the State Duma in the government commission and grant it the status of a state commission. The

draft of this resolution was prepared by the Defence Committee of the State Duma.

At the same time, Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction Sergei Ivanenko, one of the initiators of the idea of a parliamentary enquiry, expressed doubts that the work of deputies as members of the government commission would be effective. He thinks that it is impossible to believe that the analysis of this commission would be “honest and objective”.

Ivanenko also stressed that the truth can only obtained through the establishment of an independent parliamentary commission, which would duly inform people. Only such a commission could perform a complex analysis of the situation to avoid “quite possible repetitions (of such tragedies) in the future”.

However, most deputy associations of the Duma supported the initiative of the Defence Committee of the Duma.

Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the governmental commission established to investigate the accident with the “Kursk”, Ilya Khlebanov, in turn agreed with the opinion of the co-ordinator of the CPRF faction Sergei Reshulsky over the names of the Duma representatives for the government commission.

The Duma adopted the text of the resolution of the Defence Committee for the basis of its decision to work out the details with the deputies to be included in the government commission, and the final decision will be adopted at the next meeting of the Duma.

Based on Interfax reports.

 

See also:

Alexander Shishlov says that a parliamentary commission may be established to investigate the accident with the nuclear submarine “Kursk”

Telegramme of Grigory Yavlinsky to the Headquarters of the Northern Fleet

Yabloko proposes establishment of a State Duma commission to investigate the situation around “Kursk”

Catalogue of lies that added to tragedy

The Yabloko faction insists on an independent parliamentary enquiry into the causes of the “Kursk” submarine disaster

Yabloko and the SPS support single candidate Anatoli Golov for by-elections to the State Duma in St. Petersburg

Yabloko and the “Union of Right-Wing Forces” (SPS) agreed on a single candidate for the by-elections to the State Duma in the 209th electoral district in St. Petersburg.

The decision to propose a single candidate Anatoli Golov was announced on September 15, 2000 by Deputy Head of the Yabloko Association Vladimir Lukin and Co-Chair of the SPS Irina Khakamada after a meeting of the Political Council of the two political organisations. In addition, they confirmed the decision of the Coordination Council of St. Petersburg branches of the Yabloko Association and the “Union of Right-Wing Forces to propose agreed candidates for the elections to the Legislative Assembly Sergei Dulov in the 31st electoral district and Olga Kurnosova in the 44th electoral district.

Lukin said that the meeting of the Political Council focused on issues related to regional elections.

According to Lukin, agreement has already been reached on some of the candidates for the gubernatorial and legislative assembly elections. However, Yabloko and the SPS will not announce the names of these candidates now. Lukin added that this would probably be done after the next meeting of the Political Council.

“As Yabloko and the SPS are going together, we have told the other candidates not to bother – we are going to win everywhere,” joked Lukin.

Irina Khakamada confirmed the decision of the SPS to support the candidate Anatoli Golov (Yabloko) at the by-elections in St. Petersburg. Golov told journalists that he was “glad that St.Petersburg has become common ground for co-operation between Yabloko and the SPS.”

Based on Interfax reports.