Vologda branch of Yabloko proposes a referendum on the return of direct mayoral election
Press release, 24.11.2017
The regional council of the Vologda branch of Yabloko founded an initiative group on conducting a referendum in the return if direct mayoral election in the Vologda Region. The request was sent to regional electoral commission on 22 November, 2017.
The electoral commission will check the documents and send them to the regional Legislative Assemble that will make a decision whether the theme of the referendum conforms to the legislation or not within 20 days.
Earlier Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko’s presidential candidate, initiated the collection of signatures for the return of direct elections of mayors, governors and members of the Federation Council – without any restrictions or filters. He launched this initiative on the change.org website. Direct elections are one of the key points of Yavlinsky’s presidential electoral programme.
Posted: November 27th, 2017 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections.