A coalition of parties and movements in the Kaliningrad region
expressed their dissatisfaction with the work of the Governor
of the Kaliningrad Region.
The Constitution Day of December 12 was marked by a rally
which gathered 5,000 people. The participants of the rally
expressed their negative attitude to the policies of the ruling
party and the leaders of the region and of the Russian Federation.
The trigger for public dissatisfaction was raising of the
transport tax adopted by the regional parliament. It was an
unprecented mass-scale action in the centre of Kaliningrad.
All the parties and movements in of the region – the CPRF,
Just Russia, the LDPR, YABLOKO, Solidarity, Patriots of Russia,
Spravedlivost (Justice) and other – joined in the rally against
the progovernmental United Russia party.
“No to the United Russia!”, “No to Putin’s Programme!” –
these were the most frequent slogans at the rally. The rally
demonstrated consolidation of the regional community to decisive
actions so that to restore their right to solve important
issues of their land.
The leader of the movement of Kaliningrad region entrepreneurs
Igor Kagantsev called to joint efforts against arbitrary rule
of the United Russia. This was virtually the first time that
entrepreneurs put forward political demands, as earlier entrepreneurs
had tried to avoid political slogans in their actions. According
to Vasily Kovalchuk, Chair of Kaliningrad branch of YABLOKO,
the arbitrary rule of the bureaucracy pushed people to more
decisive actions.
One of the most important items of the resolution adopted
by the rally was a decision to create a coordination intra-party
council for recalling deputies from the United Russia party
from the regional parliament.
See also:
the web-site of
the Kalinigrad branch of YABLOKO
YABLOKO
and the party of power
Human
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