YABLOKO files a
lawsuit against the electoral commission members and the policeman
who beat woman observer
Press Release
March 25,
2013
The YABLOKO party is filing a lawsuit against the electoral
commission members and the policeman who beat woman observer
in an attempt to snatch a falsified final protocol of the
voting given to her.
The incident occurred late last night at polling station
No 02-13 after the counting of votes in the mayoral election
of Anapa. Alexandra Garkusha, aged 23, an observer from the
YABLOKO party, together with representatives from other parties
and candidates was given a falsified final protocol of the
voting by the commission members. The document had no legal
force and could not form a basis for filing a case in court.
Alexandra Garkusha drew the attention of the Commission to
this fact and refused to sign for the receipt of such a protocol.
After that, the commission members expressed their dissatisfaction
in extremely disproportionate aggression and attacked Alexandra
trying to snatch the protocol from her hands. According to
the witnesses, Irina Tropina, Chair of the Electoral Commission,
was the most aggressive attacker encouraging her subordinates
to more violence.
Roman Pavlenko, a police officer on duty in the polling station,
took an active part in the beatings. Oleg Stavitsky, an observer
from the Communists of Russia (a spoiler party for the Communist
Party) also joined the attackers. They together were twisting
Alexandras arms pulling the protocol. They managed to do
this damaging Alexandra's hand. The YABLOKO party disposes
of a detailed video of the incident.
On learning about the beating representatives of the party
went to the police with a statement about the crime. Police
arrived to the polling station and began interrogation. After
interrogation Alexandra was taken to the emergency station.
Alexandra Garkusha is a member of the YABLOKO party and chairs
the party branch in the Timashevsky district.
