| YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin participated in the
forum of civil activists The Last Autumn taking place in the
Moscow region.
In his speech YABLOKO’s leader analysed Russia’s political
system. According to Mitrokhin, a specific part of the society
spent time on find the differences between Vladimir Putin
and Dmitry Medvedev instead of searching for the alternatives.
Those calling to vote for any party other than the ruling
United Russia have been falling into another extreme, Mitrokhin
said.
Mitrokhin briefly analysed the performance of other parliamentary
parties. He said that the Just Russia and Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s
LDPR parties participated in the key event targeted at implementation
of Vladimir Putin's plan on the introduction of life-long
governing – these parties voted for the constitutional amendment
envisaging extension of the presidential term.
In addition, Mitrokhin also noted that voting for the Kremlin's
project, which is the Just Russia has always been, means giving
the signal to the government that such projects are effective.
When voting for the Communist Party, the society sends a different
signal to the government: that people sympathise with the
Stalinists (Ed. The Communist Party shares the ideas of Joseph
Stalin) and are missing a “strong hand”. After that the government
should inevitably increase persecutions and “tighten the screws”.
The strategy targeted at elections boycott would be, according
to Sergei Mitrokhin, “an indirect vote for the ruling United
Russia party". Spoiled ballots and votes of the abstaining
would also add to the votes in favour of this party.
Mitrokhin also stressed that only the YABLOKO party has been
in real opposition to Vladimir Putin and his policies since
1999, and offers a democratic alternative to Vladimir Putin’s
policy.
Party activists collected signatures for the registration
of YABLOKO in the parliamentary elections campaign during
the Forum. Alexei Navlany, a blogger famous for his anti-corruption
investigations, put his signature in support of YABLOK. Also
about 110 participants of the Forum signed for YABLOKO.
Photo: Collection of signatures for YABLOKO
Photo: Alexei Navalny
See also:
Elections
to the State Duma 2011
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