| YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin participated in an anti-corruption
rally which took place in Yekaterinburg on September 24, 2011.
The topics raised at the rally were anti-corruption fight,
barbaric cutting of the city parks and also support to the
chairman of the Sverdlovsk branch of YABLOKO and MP Maxim
Petlin.
The speakers at the rally noted that imprisonment of Maxim
Petlin demonstrated that the local government were taking
their revenge on Petlin due to his anti-corruption stance.
Sergei Mitrokhin stressed in his speech that YABLOKO’s lawyers
had analysed the files relating to the transfer of the city
park under a building site for Forum Group and proved that
this was a corruption deal disclosed by Petlin.
The Forum Group company had received absolutely free of charge
the lands of the park and was going to start construction
works there. "It would bring the company illegal income
of about 130 million rubles," Mitrokhin said.
According to Mitrokhin, the construction company enjoyed
support not only of the city parliament which adopted corresponding
amendments to the land laws neglecting the rulings of the
statutory court, but they were also supported by the city
government, namely, Alexander Yakob, head of city administration.
“We can also see that even the governor sided with the corrupt
officials and businessmen demanding to cancel the decision
of the statutory court,” Mitrokhin said.
Mitrokhin also said that the court upheld the decision on
Petlin’s pre-trial detention. "The “pocket justice” also
sided with the corrupt bureaucrats and businessmen. This machinery
works against Petlin because he is the only politician in
the region who dared to challenge corruption ", Mitrokhin
noted.
YABLOKO’s leader also said that the party would support Petlin
seeking his release, and also would "engage in all Petlin’s
anti-corruption initiatives”.
"I'll apply to the police and the heads of the state
demanding urgent actions for elimination of corruption mechanisms
in the Sverdlovsk region and Yekaterinburg,” he said.
"Yakob and not Petlin should be in prison,” he concluded.
See also:
YABLOKO
Against Corruption
Protection
of Environment
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