Organisational Committee "Democratic
Petersburg" applies for the "March of Millions"
Press Service of St. Petersburg
YABLOKO
August 31, 2012
On August 31, on the first day of submitting an application
in accordance with the law, the Organisational Committee "Democratic
Petersburg" applied for conducting of the "March
of Millions" on September 15.
The public action will consist of a demonstration (a march)
and a rally. The march will begin at 1 p.m. , a rally will
be held at 2 p.m. The exact route of the procession and a
place for the rally will be announced later after obtaining
an approval from the city administration.
The demands and slogans of the "March of Millions"
in St. Petersburg will be as follows: change of the present
political regime, fair elections, protection of human rights,
provision of real social equality and protection of historical
part of the city. The organizers expect that the number of
participants in the march will amount to about five thousand
people.
The Organisational Committee "Democratic Petersburg"
was created on August 28 and comprises representatives from
political parties, social, human rights and political organisations,
YABLOKO, the Republican Party of Russia PARNAS, the Christian
Democrats, the Libertarian Party, the Russian Socialist Movement,
the People's Labour Union of Russian Solidarists, the Russian
Social Democratic Union of the Youth, Student Action, Vikhod
(Exit), the LGBT Initiative, the Women Voters League, Youth
Human Rights Group and the Alliance of Heterosexuals for the
Equality for LGBT.
The YABLOKO party and the RPR-PARNAS are officially represented
only in the Oranisational Committee of the March of Millions.
St.Petersburg branch of the Solidarity movement will consider
their participation in the Organisational Committee at its
next political council.
The participants of the Organisational Committee "Democratic
Petersburg" have agreed to conduct their work openly
and invite other organisations sharing the principles of respect
for human rights and civil equality, priority of the democratic
values and procedures, non-violent struggle, anti-fascism
and non-discrimination to join them in the Committee.
The Organisational Committee "Democratic Petersburg"
is formed not only for the March of Millions. It also plans
to operate on a long term basis and coordinate and organise
protests of democratic opposition in St.Petersburg.
