Ex-President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev signed up for
nomination of Grigory Yavlinsky presidential candidate. The
sheet with Mikhail Gorbachevs signature was brought by Gorbachev
Fund officer to YABLOKOs head-quarters yesterday.
Photo of the sheet with Mikhail Gorbachevs
signature (comes first).
The Russian law requires for a candidate from a non-parliamentary
party to collect and submit by January 18 to the Central Electoral
Commission at least 2 million signatures in favour of Grigory
Yavlinsky so that to enable him to run in the campaign. Moreover,
such a campaign for collection of signatures should be conducted
by a party nominating its candidate in at least 40 Russian
regions, whereas the number of signatures collected in each
of the regions should not exceed 50,000.
Collection of signatures for registration in the election
campaign began on December 23 and will go through January
15.
As of yesterday, the Grigory Yavlinskys electoral head-quarters
disposed of 1.7 mln voters signatures. YABLOKO activists
hope that the remaining 400,000 signatures will be collected
in the coming days.
YABLOKO attracts volunteers (YABLOKO members and supports,
ex-observers at the parliamentary elections and people who
left their telephones within the framework of the project
The Glasnost Territory) for collection of signatures. A
number of public organisations, including the staff of the
Gorbachev Fund, help YABLOKO to collect signatures.
See also:
Presidential
Elections 2012
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