Grigory Yavlinsky commenting on the decision of the Supreme
Court which upheld the refusal to register him as a candidate
for President, once again emphasized that he regarded this
decision as political and not anyway related to any litigation
or the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
He emphasized that the court did not question the authenticity
of the 1,932,112 signatures that had been found valid by the
CEC.
The key claim of the CEC referred to "other violations
of filing signature sheets", rather than the quality
of the signatures.
"We are right not only legally. There is also common
sense. And it prompts that only according to official estimates
of the CEC, much more than two million voters voted for us
at the parliamentary elections [of December 4, 2011],"
Grigory Yavlinsky said.
Considering the fact that a draft law targeted at reduction
of the number of signatures for presidential candidates from
the non-parliamentary parties to 100,000 had been already
submitted to the State Duma, Grigory Yavlinsky called "the
trial about 2 million signatures" a political case.
He once again thanked all those who had put their signatures
in his support. "Your political position can not be cancelled,
and eventually it is the most important achievement of this
campaign for collection of voters signatures, he added.
The authorities have confirmed once again that they want
uncontested elections, Yavlinsky said. Democratic opposition,
the protesting part of the society, its most creative part
has been ousted out of the electoral process.
"This is, albeit a smaller part of the society, without
which all others [forces] will not be able to ensure the country's
development, growth and achievements," he added.
"Elections are left with the old agenda and the candidates
representing in one way or another different parts of Vladimir
Putin's policies: in the social sphere (Sergei Mironov), business
(Mikhail Prokhorov) and the national question (Vladimir Zhirinovsky),"
emphasized Yavlinsky.
"These elections provide no options for the future development.
The current system is terminating its existence. We will build
a new one," he concluded.
See also:
Presidential
Elections 2012
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