The Supreme Court of the RF refused to annul the decision
of the regional electoral commission not to register YABLOKO
at elections to the parliament of the Kaluga region. YABLOKO
is going to appeal to the Constitutional Court of the RF
with a claim to abrogate the norms requiring a number of
parties to collect signatures so that to get registration
at election campaigns.
YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin participated in the hearings
in the Supreme Court and said that the “decision of the
Supreme Court was arbitrary”. The Supreme Court did not
consider YABLOKO’s arguments, Mitrokhin added.
According to Sergei Fadeyev, deputy of the Kaluga Region
Duma and one of the leaders of YABLOKO’s list, the Kaluga
Region Court recognised correction marks with inscriptions
“alterations approved” in the bottom of the list as errors,
demanding that such approvals should be located by each
of the alterations. However, the law does not envisage such
strict requirements.
“At the same time the Kaluga Region Court closed eyes on
13 violations of law made by the Electoral Commission at
drawing a refusal to register YABLOKO, moreover one violation
suffice for recognizing such a decision void, he said.
According to some information President Medvedev during
his meeting with Governor of the region Artamonov paid attention
to the situation with refusal to register YABLOKO. President
noted that this contradicts the provisions of the Presidential
Address to the Federal Assembly and his recent speech at
the State Council meeting.
Sergei Mitrokhin said that YABLOKO would apply to the Constitutional
Court claiming to abrogate the requirement for some parties
to collect signatures to get registration in the election
campaign. “This norm is obviously discriminatory and turns
into a blackjack for the executive authority and the United
Russia party for their persecutions against political opponents,”
Mitrokhin added.
See also:
Regional
Elections 2010
Sverdlovsk
Region branch of YABLOKO appeals to the Supreme Court of
the Russian Federation. Press Release, March 2.
Non-registration
of YABLOKO in the regional elections: a hypocrisy or a weakness
of the presidential power? Statement of the Bureau of the
YABLOKO party. February 27, 2010
Regional
Court did not let YABLOKO to participate in the election
campaign to the Sverdlovsk Region parliament. Press Release.
February 26, 2010
Chair
of Sverdlovsk Electoral Commission Mostovschikov to dismissal!
Statement of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO.
February 5, 2010
The Electoral Commission of
the Sverdlovsk Region hampers YABLOKO’s campaigning for
mandates in the regional parliament. UralInfromBureau. January
12, 2010
Sverdlovsk
YABLOKO demands to annul the decision of the electoral commission
not to register YABLOKO in the election race. Press Release.
February 16, 2010
YABLOKO enters
litigation disputing the decision of the regional electoral
commission. Press Release, February 19, 2010
