The YABLOKO party in the Republic of Tatarstan jointly
with the movement Against Crime and Lawlessness conducted
alternative public hearings on introduction of amendments
to the Charter of Kazan connected with elections of the
city Mayor. About 40 people – former deputies, well-known
public figures, ecologists and representatives of the Guild
of Small and Medium Businesses – participated in the discussion
held on January 9, 2010.
Elections of the Mayor of Kazan and deputies of the regional
parliament will take place in October 2010. The President
and the present Mayor have already voiced their opinions
that the Mayor should be elected by the deputies, however,
the regional branch of YABLOKO disagree with this due to
the following reasons:
1) The city Mayor should report to the citizens rather
than deputies only;
2) At present over half of the deputies corps is represented
by the heads of state enterprises and companies who in their
work directly depend on the Mayor;
3) If the Mayor is elected by the deputies, he will represent
both the executive and the representative powers as he will
be head of the executive authority and Speaker of the city
Duma at the dame time.
A three-hour discussion worked out a decision to decline
the amendments and forward to the city Duma a proposal on
conducting a referendum on this issue in Kazan.
See also:
Regional
Elections 2010
