At its today’s meeting the Bureau of the YABLOKO party
adopted a decision to challenge in the Constitutional Court
of the Russian Federation the provisions of the federal
law on elections binding non-parliamentary parties to gather
signatures so that to get registration in election campaigns.
YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin had already mentioned
the party’s intention to do this. “The main thing that we
shall challenge is demonstrative inequality of parties participating
in the elections. This barbarian inequality does not allow
to recognise Russia as a civilised country,” Mitrokhin said.
The Bureau also drew the results of March municipal and
local elections in Russia. The decision of the Bureau marked
that the results of the recent elections showed growth of
support to YABLOKO. Thus, elections to the Tula municipal
parliament demonstrated that the share of YABLOKO’s votes
grew from 3.25 per cent to 11.22 per cent in less than six
months. Four YABLOKO’s activists were elected to the Tula
City Duma. YABLOKO’s candidates also passed to the deputies
assembly of the Nevelsky area of the Pskov Region and City
Duma of Solnechny settlement, the Tver Region.
YABLOKO’s Bureau also adopted a decision that “participation
in regional and local elections in 2010-2011 should be regarded
as priority” for YABLOKO’s regional branches. Preparation
to the election campaign, fund raising and negotiations
with partners should begin in the short term, marks the
document.
See also:
Regional
and Local Elections 2010
Results of
local elections of March 14. Press Release, March 14, 2010
