Yesterday, representatives of democratic parties and organisations
gathered for their second meeting in one of Moscow clubs to
discuss nomination of a single list in the Moscow City Duma
elections.
Representatives of from the YABLOKO party and YABLOKO leader
Sergei Mitrokhin, RPR-Parnas (Vladimir Ryzhkov), Democratic
Choice (Vladimir Milov), the Civil Initiative (Nikolai Alekseyev),
the Solidarity (Michael Schneider) and the Coordinating Council
of the opposition (Gennady Gudkov) participated in the meeting.
This time new participants joined the meeting: representatives
of the The Party of December 5 (Denis Bilunov and Sergei Davidis),
the Civil Initiative, the Civil Federation movement and The
White Ribbon joined the consultations.
The participants agreed to conduct regular meetings so that
to coordinate candidates in single-mandate electoral districts
and actions targeted at the increase of voter turnout, as
well as possible agreements on the general list. A working
group comprising one representative from each organisation
was formed. The tasks of the working group are to formulate
the agenda and possible solutions for the next meeting in
an expanded format. The YABLOKO party delegated Galina Mikhaleva,
First Deputy Chair of the Moscow branch of the party, to the
working group. The first meeting of the working group will
be held this Saturday, on April 27.
In March 2013 YABLOKO proposed to create a broad democratic
and civil coalition at the Moscow City Duma elections in 2014.
YABLOKO proposed to conduct primaries, where all the Muscovites
could participate; whereas the winners in the primaries would
be included into the YABLOKO party list of candidates and
in single-mandate electoral districts. YABLOKO has been organising
regular meetings with the registered participants to the primaries
- candidates and campaigners.
In addition, YABLOKO declared its readiness to include representatives
of other parties into the "party" part of the list,
if such agreements are reached. The first meeting of the democratic
parties and organisations willing to discuss an electoral
coalition was held on the initiative of the party in YABLOKOs
office on April 10, 2013.
See also:
Moscow
City Duma Elections 2014
Democrats discussed
the Moscow City Duma Elections. Press Release,
April 11, 2013
Sergei
Mitrokhin called Muscovites to change the Moscow government.
Press Release, March 2, 2013
Half
of YABLOKO’s candidates for the Moscow City Duma elections
will be determined by Muscovites in primaries. Press
Release, February 17, 2013
YABLOKO
to call for nomination of candidates from a united democratic
opposition for the Moscow City Duma elections. Press
Release, February 14, 2013
Regional
and Local Elections 2013
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