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Rosbalt, June 24, 2003

In July St. Petersburg branch of YABLOKO will determine role of party in gubernatorial election campaign

St. Petersburg, June 24, 2003. A decision to form a working group to prepare for the gubernatorial election campaign was adopted at a meeting of the Bureau of the Regional Council of the St. Petersburg branch of the YABLOKO party. On Tuesday the Press Service of the St. Petersburg branch of YABLOKO informed a Rosbalt correspondent that the group would undertake the holding of a negotiation process with potential allies and would also collect and analyse proposals on the forthcoming election campaign. The working group includes Chairman of the regional branch of YABLOKO Maxim Reznik, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Igor B. Artemyev and two possible candidates for governor from YABLOKO - deputy of the State Duma Igor Yu. Artemyev and coordinator of the YABLOKO faction in the city parliament Mikhail Amosov.

In addition, it is expected that a conference to define the role of the party in the gubernatorial election campaign will be held in July. "We have two people who deserve a shot a running for the post of Governor of St. Petersburg, but we cannot rule out that we may also support a non-YABLOKO candidate," said Reznik. The party conference is preliminarily scheduled for July 10-15, 2003.

Commenting on today's statement by Valentina Matviyenko on her intention to run for governor, Chairman of St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO noted that "this was a long expected decision, and came as no surprise to anybody." "Now the political situation in St. Petersburg on the threshold of the gubernatorial elections has become more clear," said Reznik.

 

See also:

Gubernatorial Elections in St. Petersburg 2003

Rosbalt, June 24, 2003

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