Friday, April 17, 2015

Mikhail Kasyanov and Alexei Navalny went to the new association – Kommersant

Party RPR – Parnassus, the only leader that after the murder in Moscow on February 27 Boris Nemtsov, Mikhail Kasyanov, left, and Alexei Navalny Progress Party said yesterday on the establishment Alliance to participate in regional elections in the State Duma in 2016. Single list will be generated based on RPR – Parnassus, which under current law has the right to nominate candidates without collecting signatures. It may join the coalition and other democratic parties. Boris Nemtsov, shortly before his death, the proposed scheme of association in which Alexei Navalny and the leader of the “Open Russia” Mikhail Khodorkovsky would enter RPR – Parnassus as co-chairs.

Mikhail Kasyanov and Alexei Navalny announced the creation based on RPR – Parnassus single list of candidates for election to the State Duma in 2016, as well as regional and municipal elections this year. Political Council of the RPR – Parnassus, which participated in the meeting, Mr. Navalny, the decision approved. “We have created a political bloc of the Party of Progress and RPR – Parnassus, and he was joined by” Democratic Choice “Vladimir Milov, we believe that the movement will continue to unite,” – said Mr Kasyanov. He said, “Kommersant” that are involved in the consultations “Party on December 5,” “Civil Initiative” former Economy Minister Andrei Nechayev, the head of “Open Russia” Mikhail Khodorkovsky. On the eve of the political council, according to Mr. Kasyanov, a meeting was held, attended by Messrs Bulk, Milov and Nechayev, former co-chairman of the RPR – Parnassus Vladimir Ryzhkov, a State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov, a former deputy Gennady Gudkov, coordinator of the Moscow branch of “Open Russia” Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr.. “” Apple “has once again joined our discussion,” – said Mikhail Kasyanov.

The leader of the “Yabloko” Sergei Mitrokhin told “Kommersant” that the party did not cooperate with the RPR – Parnassus, because previously offered to all “platform to build a coalition,” but RPR – Parnassus her “not welcome”. According to Sergei Mitrokhin, the platform – a document of ten points, “it was published in the media.” “What’s the point to meet? I was told that Kasyanov knew about our document, there is a specific position: we are opposed to nationalism, Stalinism,” – said “Kommersant” Mr. Mitrokhin. The question “b”, Lee said in RPR – Parnassus, that they for Stalinism and nationalism, the leader of the “Yabloko” said: “It turns out that so.” Former co-chair of the RPR – Parnassus Vladimir Ryzhkov said “Y” that appreciates the consolidation of parties, but he has not yet decided whether to participate in the coalition. Press secretary Mikhail Khodorkovsky Olga Pispanen said, “Kommersant” that he had previously said that “always support such initiatives” (contact Mikhail Khodorkovsky yesterday she could not).

In the near future the parties agreed “democratic mechanism for determining the” candidates for election lists. Mr Navalny said “Y” that they will be formed with the help of the primaries, but in the regions of the procedure may be different. “In any case, should be competitive procedure, through which will choose the best people, and that pull a list,” – said “Kommersant” Mr. Navalny. By the fall elections the party members will identify priority areas where they will have the opportunity to “move out and win.” Mikhail Kasyanov believes that it is necessary to focus on five or six regions where elections will be held in the Legislative Assembly. Recall, according to Art. 44 of the Law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights” RPR – Parnassus has the right to participate in elections to the State Duma without collecting signatures as a party with representation in the Legislative Assembly of the Yaroslavl region, – for the “benefits” enough at least one region. Increase the required rate of representation to 10% from 85 legislative assemblies offered to February 5 “Fair Russia”. To two or three legislative assemblies to increase the rate of representation offered and pro-Kremlin Fund ISEP.

Yesterday’s political council RPR – Parnassus decided to hold a congress on July 5, which will be re-elected to the party leadership. “We do it a little earlier four-year term under the statute in connection with the fact that three years ago, Congress elected three co-now left alone, we will not live another year with one co-chair,” – said Mr Kasyanov. Killed in Moscow on February 27 Co-Chair RPR – Parnassus Boris Nemtsov, who until his tragic death was working on a broader democratic opposition, the proposed scheme of association in which Alexei Navalny and Mikhail Khodorkovsky would enter RPR – Parnassus as co-chairs. Yesterday Mikhail Kasyanov said that now is not the decisions to merge the RPR – Parnassus and the Progress Party, although “such talk is” and many regional offices so desire: “After consultation with the leaders of the two parties, we decided not to do so.” According to Alexey Navalny, the union of parties – is “pointless waste of time”: “We do not want to deal with legal issues, organizational merger parties jeopardizes the” license “(official registratsiyu.- ” b “) RPR- -PARNAS. ” The Ministry of Justice has not yet introduced the Progress Party in the list of organizations eligible to participate in the elections because it failed to register within six months of the required number of regional offices. Note that President Vladimir Putin said on the eve of a straight line to the question Irina Khakamada if he would help to ensure that supporters of Boris Nemtsov “including Navalny and Khodorkovsky” might “to fight on equal terms in the future parliament for their jobs,” said that “all the same in the end people decide to be someone in the parliament or not to be.” “I believe that it (the presence of opposition in Gosdume.- ” b “) would be positive,” – said the president.

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