Sergei Mitrokhin on the situation with PARNAS
Sergei Mitrokhin’s post on Facebook, 28.07.2015
I’m outraged with the refusal to register PARNAS’ candidates list at the elections in Novosibirsk and with the criminal case against Andrei Pivovarov, head of the election campaign of the party in Kostroma.
It’s obvious that all these actions are politically motivated. The local authorities are looking for any pretexts to do away with United Russia’s opponents.
I demand the federal authorities to step in the situation with the elections in these regions ensuring the registration of the list in Novosibirsk. The side and unprincipled actions of the local election commissions represent a challenge to the legitimacy of the coming elections.
I must admit that the refusal to determine the signatures valid is a sad routine of the political life of the country. But the arrest and criminal case against head of the election campaign is a new page in the practice of election holding within our politics. I insist on stoppage of the criminal case against Pivovarov and guarantee of free activity of all electoral associations.
Posted: July 29th, 2015 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional elections 2015.