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Sergei Ivanenko: the new law on parties will not affect Yabloko

March 28, 2001

St. Petersburg. The new law on parties will not affect Yabloko, but may affect the political system of Russia, said the First Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma of the RF Sergei Ivanenko. Ivanenko added that the faction had prepared a package of amendments to the draft law, amounting to over 100 pages of text. One of the amendments proposed by Yabloko concerns abolition of state financing for political parties and abolition of the control of the law enforcement agencies over the political parties.

Ivanenko also noted that the recent regional elections demonstrated that “the positions of Yabloko in the regions are quite strong”. Even though none of the governors are members of Yabloko to datet, the heads of six regions were elected with the support of Yabloko (agreements, including those on staff appointments, were concluded with them). In addition Yabloko won the elections of mayors in ten cities and also achieved great success at local government elections. Ivanenko stressed that “the local government elections tend to be more honest than the elections at higher levels.”

See also:

Law “On Parties”

March 28, 2001

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