| The Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO expresses
condolences to the relatives of the victims of the terrible
accident with Bulgaria tourists ship.
We support the decision of Russian President Medvedev to
declare a nation-wide mourning. We are calling all YABLOKOs
supporters to take this decision of the head of the state
close to their hearts: imagine on a day of mourning what dying
people including children could feel in their last minutes.
Share the grief with the people who lost their relatives and
next-of-kin in the accident.
YABLOKO demands from the authorities to conduct not only
a thorough and prompt investigation and publish its results,
but take up urgent actions for raising safety of the river
transport. We demand an immediate inspection of passenger
ships of the river fleet, together with public inspections,
which should include civil society activists and representatives
of the opposition, and immediately stop exploitation of the
vessels similar to the "Bulgaria" and others that
do not meet the safety requirements.
YABLOKO calls on the Minister of Transport of the Russian
Federation Igor Levitin to accept personal responsibility
for the tragedy and immediately resign. If in the coming days,
Igor Levitin refuses to do so, YABLOKO calls upon the President
to dismiss the Minister of Transport.
Igor Levitin is also personally responsible for security
and safety in the aviation and the railway transport, which
have not improve since the terrorist attack in the Domodedovo
airport.
Not only ordinary staff at transport should bear personal
responsibility for the failure to ensure the safety of citizens,
but also those who have been occupying top positions in the
sector for years and were unable to prevent the tragedy of
the passengers and crew of the "Bulgaria ship.
Sergei Mitrokhin,
Chair of the YABLOKO party
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