The Conference of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO adopted
a Manifesto on compiling of a list candidates for the Moscow
City Duma elections (which are to take place in 2014) from
united democratic opposition. According to the Manifesto,
half of the candidates in the party list will be given to
civil activists and representatives from other political forces.
Muscovites will determine the nominees in the primaries.
"Moscow has accumulated a critical mass of active people,
they awoke from the “sleep’ during Putin's 2000s, and they
want to act. They do realise that their children will not
have any normal human prospects in this country without changing
of the political situation in the country, that is why they
want to go into politics. We give them such an opportunity,"
YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin stated at the Conference.
"A year ago we promised at the rallies that we would
propose a definite political mechanism to address different
problems. The adopted Manifesto is a direct and earnest answer
to all the questions: what people who manifested at Bolotnaya
Square and Sakharov Prospect and participated in other mass
opposition rallies should do now," said Grigory Yavlinsky,
YABLOKO founder and member of the Political Committee. "The
time of general discussions is over. It's time to act,"
he stressed.
Half of the seats in the party list of candidates, as required
by law, will be taken by YABLOKO members. The rest of candidates
will be determined via primaries that will be held in all
22 electoral territories. A primaries winner will either top
the list of candidates in the electoral territory or will
become the only candidate running from the party in a single
mandate constituency. Those who come second at the primaries
can work in the campaign of the primaries winner and, if he
wins the election, become his aids.
The Manifesto highlights that only people sharing democratic
values can take part in the primaries. "Nationalists
and communists are unacceptable for us", runs the document.
Running from the party, the candidates are exempted from
the collection of signatures. The party guarantees its support
to all the candidates running in a single mandate constituencies.
Registration for the primaries is already opened. In March,
the rules of the primaries will be discussed and in October,
the rules will be approved. Voting at primaries is scheduled
for next May.
Elections to the Moscow City Duma will be held on September
8, 2014.
See also:
Elections
to the Moscow City Duma, 2014
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