On November 18, 2009, the interior of the Moscow Region initiated
a round table talk “The results of elections to local self-government
and municipal entities of the Moscow Region and the role of
political parties and public organisations in the formation
of civil society and counteraction to political extremism”.
Representatives of all political parties and a number of
public organisations participated in the round table. The
YABLOKO party was represented by Deputy Chair of the Moscow
Region branch of the party Alexander Gunko.
Almost all the participants of the round table marked a high
level of security provision at the past elections in the Moscow
Region.
“All was organised well on October 11. The police ensured
order. The only thing which was lacking was the elections,”
Gunko said.
“The police worked well as compared to Moscow, but the police
only ensures order, the result depends on the work of the
local authorities and they actively employed the administrative
resource together with our types of falsifications,” Gunko
stressed.
In his concluding remarks Gunko said, “We are only playing
democracy with the help of words. The leaders of the country
say correct things, but all this is blocked in reality. Some
people have been in power for 30 years and are ready to maintain
this power for another 30 years. We want to live in a modern
European state, however we live in a feudal state. People
encounter different problems and say that they are refused
help, but they go a vote for the [progovernmental] United
Russia party”.
Gunko also proposed to conduct such events not only on the
local level, but on the district level too.
See also:
the web-site
of the Moscow Region branch of YABLOKO
Regional
and Municipal Elections, 2009
Elections
to the Moscow City Duma, 2009
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