The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has not realized
what happened in the parliamentary elections on December 4,
2011. It was not the YABLOKO party which stole the votes,
votes were stolen from the YABLOKO party. This is how YABLOKO
leader Sergei Mitrokhin commented on the statement from the
CEC press service running that if YABLOKO did not recognize
the results of the voting, then it would be "logical"
for YABLOKO to refuse state financing [allotted to all the
political parties in Russia that obtaining over three 3 per
cent at the elections].
Sergei Mitrokhin compared such a proposal on behalf of the
CEC for YABLOKO to give up state financing with a situation
when a police would suddenly demand money from a robbery victim
as they can not find the robbers.
YABLOKO leader also noted that the party had filed hundreds
of complaints to courts, but they had been rejected, despite
obvious evidence of violations election carousels, stuffing
of fraudulent ballots into ballot boxes, ousting of observers
from polling stations and faking of final voting protocols.
Mitrokhin also said that he applied to Gennady Zyuganov,
Communist Party leader, in April 2012 with a proposal to file
a joint lawsuit demanding cancellation of the elections. "Only
a few days are left until this plan can be realised,"
Mitrokhin said.
The CEC issued such a statement in response to Sergei Mitrokhins
call to commemorate the sad anniversary of the fraudulent
parliamentary elections by laying flowers to the CEC office.
December 4 marks a mournful date. A year ago our country
suffered a terrible loss: elections to the State Duma which
took place on this day hammered the last nail in the coffin
of fair elections, Mitrokhin wrote in his blog.
On December 4, YABLOKO activists have been laying flowers
at the CEC office (address: Cherkassky per., 9, Moscow), Sergei
Mitrokhin has laid flowers at noon.
The action will last all day long. YABLOKO recommend to lay
flowers individually not in groups so that to avoid any problems
with the police. Laying of flowers is not prohibited by the
law.
See also:
State Duma
Elections 2011
Sergei
Mitrokhin: December 4 marks commemoration of fair elections.
Sergei
Mitrokhins blog at the Ekho Moskvi Radio Station web-site,
November 28, 2012
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