Members of the Central Electoral Commission
of Mordovia, as well as representatives of the Ministry of
Justice left the Electoral Commission meeting during the speech
of Vladimir Gridin, the leader of the Mordovian branch of
YABLOKO.
Responding to the acting Chairman of the Central Electoral
Commission of Mordovia Alexander Kalinin, who devoted part
of his speech to the "failures" of the YABLOKO party
during elections, Vladimir Gridin accused the Electoral Commission
in large-scale fraud. Gridin also recalled the scandal during
parliamentary elections in 2007 when 102% of the voters in
one of the polling stations in Mordovia voted for the ruling
United Russia party.
According to Gridin, election fraud can be interpreted as
a "seizure of power", and this is a crime against
the state which does not have any limitation period.
Some of the participants of the meeting demonstrated their
dissatisfaction with the speech of the leader of the regional
YABLOKO branch. he meeting. Nina Chudaeva, Secretary of the
Electoral Commission, and representatives of the Ministry
of Justice left the hall in protest. An interior colonel,
who was a guest at the Central Electoral Commission meeting,
even told Gridin that he was "not at a rally."
See also:
Regional
Elections 2011
Regional
elections demonstrate much fraud. Press Release, March 17,
2011
Half
of Yabloko Nominees Banned. The Moscow Times, March 4, 2011
YABLOKO
submitted to electoral commissions signatures for registration
in election campaign in 13 regions. Press Release, January
28, 2011
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