| On August 15 Lev Shlosberg, Chair of the Pskov branch
of the YABLOKO party, member of YABLOKO’s Bureau and candidate
to the post of the head of Sebezhsky District of the Pskov
Region and Sergei Semyonov, Director of a Sebezhsky college,
submitted documents for registration of the party in the elections
of the head of Sebezhsky District and the Legislative Assembly
of the district which will take place on October 10, 2010.
YABLOKO was the first party to submit documents to the territorial
electoral commission.
The elections to the Legislative Assembly of Sebezhsky Distrcit
will for the first time take place in accordance with the
mixed system; eight deputies out of 15 will be elected in
accordance with political parties lists and seven deputies
on single-mandate electoral districts. Number of voters in
the district amounts to 16,951.
The Pskov branch of YABLOKO submitted a list of nine candidates.
The list is topped by collage director Sergei Semyonov, ex-head
of the Education Department of the District Administration
Valentina Konovalova and military pensioner Mikhail Alexandrov.
Lev Shlosberg, head of the regional party branch, noted that
social and political situation in the district remains very
complicated and arises much concern. “The forces acting outside
the framework of law and whose economic tasks have nothing
to do with the state or public interests considerably interfere
political developments in the district. This challenges not
only lawful and fair elections, but even the whole way of
living in the Sebezhsky Distrcit”, Shlosberg noted.
“Taking into account all the circumstances, the Regional
Council of the regional branch of the party adopted a decision
on my participation in the elections as Chair of the regional
branch and member of the Bureau of the party. Nominating my
candidacy we demonstrate to the criminal community of the
Sebezhsky District that there is no way for any local shadow
election campaign… This will be a regional political election
campaign which will be in the focus of public and media attention.
Depending on the circumstances this campaign can get a public
status of a federal election campaign. In this campaign I
am protecting my team mates. This is a principled position,
and we had enough grounds for adopting of such a decision.
The YABLOKO party guarantees to all the members of the team,
candidates in elections in the Sebezhsky District its political
and legal protection. If needed all the forces of the party,
including applications to regional and federal law enforcement
bodies will be involved for such a defence,” Schlosberg said.
He also added that pressure on elections commissions is inadmissible
and unlawful, and Russian law envisages criminal persecution
for such actions.
YABLOKO is ready to undertake responsibility for the development
of the district and improvement of situation there, Shlosberg
concluded.
See also:
Women top
YABLOKO’s election list in the Chelyabinsk region. Press Release.
August 7, 2010.
Regional
Elections, 2010
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