| Today YABLOKOs leader Sergei Mitrokhin forwarded an address
to President of Russia demanding that he should interfere
into the situation with fielding of St.Petersburg Governor
Valentina Matviyenko as candidate at local elections (as only
deputies of legislative bodies have a right to be nominated
Chair of the Federation Council) from municipal constituencies
Krasnenkaya Rechka and Okrug Petrovsky.
It should be noted that public learned about elections in
these constituencies three days after closing date for registration
of candidates there. In particular, newspaper Okrug Petrovsky
(dated June 30) quoting the decision on appointing the election
in the constituency appeared only yesterday.
The situation when the way to the post of the third top
official in the state [Chair of the upper chamber of the Russian
parliament] begins from open political fraud is shameful and
disgraceful for Russia and the entire system of state power
in Russia, runs the address.
Sergei Mitrokhin proposes to the President to entrust Public
Prosecutor General to initiate the audit of lawfulness of
appointing of the elections.
See also:
Gubernatorial
Elections
The Kremlin
is trying to represent St Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienkos
nomination for speaker of the Federation Council as a promotion,
not punishment. Novaya Gazeta, July 4, 2011. By Boris Vishnevsky.
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