Chair of the Electoral Commission of the Sverdlovsk Region
Vladimir Mostovschikov has been undertaking efforts for
withdrawing YABLOKO’s candidates from the regional Duma
campaign. The leader of YABLOKO’s branch deputy of the Ekaterinburg
City Duma Maxim Petlin told to UralInfromBureau that the
decisions adopted on the initiative of Mostovschikov demonstrated
this too well.
Thus, the regional Electoral Commission questioned the
legitimacy of the candidates non-party members proposed
by YABLOKO. They had the right to apply for being enlisted
as Duma candidates within the first three days on announcement
of the date of voting – from December 11 to December 14.
However, this norm is not mandatory. But Mostovschikov insisted
that the candidates should sign their applications even
after expiration of this period. Suddenly the applications
made on his request turned into a stumbling block in further
relations between YABLOKO and the heads of the electoral
commission.
Also Mostovschikov questioned the legitimacy of the conference
of the YABLOKO branch conducted on the threshold of the
elections. He made a statement with a reference to the Ministry
of Justice data that the party did not properly register
its local organisations. According to Petlin, this information
is false.
Petlin expressed his opinion that the heads of the regional
Electoral Commission were ordered not to allow YABLOKO to
participate in the elections; whereas the United Russia
party is most interested in withdrawals of YABLOKO’s candidates
from the race. YABLOKO intended to base its campaign on
tough criticism of Arkady Chernetsky, member of United Russia
and Mayor of Ekaterinburg, considerably lowering the rating
of the party of power among the dwellers of the city.
Maxim Petlin is going to file a complaint to the Central
Electoral Commission of the RF on the decision of the regional
Electoral Commission. If this demand is not supported, representatives
of YABLOKO will go on defending their rights in court.
See also:
Regional
Elections 2010
