Petersburg Legislative Assembly will consider a referendum on the bridge Kadyrov – TASS

ST PETERSBURG, 5 September. / TASS /. City Election Commission the third attempt decided to refer the request of the initiative group on referendum about the bridge Akhmat Kadyrov to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, he told Tass member of the initiative group, the deputy of the Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky.

“City Electoral Commission unanimously decided about the direction of application of the initiative group for the consideration of the Legislative Assembly “, – said Wisniewski. According to him, the city parliament should decide on the application under the legislation. “Upon receipt of the parliament has 20 days in which to make a decision”, – he said, adding that, if approved, the initiative group will be able to start collecting citizens signatures

According to the MP, it is necessary to collect 2%. of all registered voters. “This is where some 71-72 thousand people.” -. Said Wisniewski

Earlier Tass reported that the initiative group for the third time in the documents filed City Election Commission (NEC) to hold a referendum on the fate of Akhmat bridge Kadyrov in St. Petersburg. Toponymy Commission of St. Petersburg on May 30 supported the initiative of a number of public organizations on assignment Akhmat Kadyrov, one of the new nameless Dudergofka bridges across the river. The commission’s decision has caused a wide public resonance: in two weeks a petition on the website change.org signed by more than 90 thousand people against this name of the bridge.. Despite the dissatisfaction of a number of citizens, the governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko signed the decision Toponymic Commission.

Legislative Assembly of the region refused to consider an appeal to the Governor against the appropriation of the bridge named after Kadyrov and instrument of expression of distrust vice governor of Kirillov, who heads the toponymic commission . In early June, the initiative group, which includes members of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, journalists and public figures, applied for holding a referendum on the issue, but was refused. Chapter gorizbirkoma Victor Pankevich advised next time take responsibility for the preparation of documents for a referendum. Solution gorizbirkoma later was appealed to the CEC, but without success, the initiators of the re-apply today refusal to come on it

Akhmad Kadyrov -. The first president of the Chechen Republic, Hero of Russia, died May 9, 2004 in a suicide attack in Grozny.