Sunday, February 28, 2016

The head of the “Memorial” Kovalev criticized the “Apple” for the conditions of nomination of candidates for the Duma – TASS

MOSCOW, February 28th. / TASS /. Chairman of the Russian Society “Memorial”, the first Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, a former State Duma deputy Sergei Kovalev criticized the party “Yabloko” conditions for the nomination of candidates to the State Duma. Speaking at the passing in Moscow Congress of “Apple”, he, in particular, called the “obscene” as one of the conditions for the requirement of support Grigory Yavlinsky as a candidate in the Russian presidential elections in 2018.

“The Political Committee of the Party not so long ago adopted the following, in my view, horrible decision, which consisted in the fact that everyone who goes to the “Apple” elections on the list, regardless of whether he is a member of the “Apple” or included in the list, undertakes to vote in the presidential election of Grigory Yavlinsky, “- said Kovalev, which is part of the federal political committee,” Yabloko “. According to him, – “it is indecent”

Kovalev believes that this condition is contrary to the democratic process.. “Democracy -. It is a kind of loyalty to the democratic procedure procedure procedure for the Democratic Party can not be offered, to offer its partners in the elections likely conditions obligation to vote for so-and-so is not done in a democracy..” – He stressed. The head of the “Memorial” called congress “categorically reject” this condition and “apologize”.

Earlier, the “Apple” has stated that the support of the political memorandum and Yavlinsky as a presidential candidate are the conditions for the nomination of the party candidate for the State Duma.

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