On October 27, 2009, Galina Mikhalyova, Executive Secretary
of the Political Committee of the YABLOKO party made a report
on the St.Petersburg elections to local self-government bodies
that took place on March 1, 2009, in the regional parliament
of Hamburg. The hearings were initiated by the “Alternative
List – the Green” faction. The faction together with Christian
Democrats forms the ruling coalition in Hamburg’s parliament.
St.Petersburg is a sister-city for St.Petersburg. Both the
cities are closely tied via different economic, social and
cultural projects. That is why Hamburg’s parliament expressed
its concern over the political situation in St.Petersburg.
Despite minimum powers given to the members of the local
self-government bodies in St.Petersburg, the past election
demonstrated all the methods allowing to ensure domination
of the progovernmental United Russia party (77%): from disqualification
of the candidates participating in the race to fraud and pressing
the observers. “This had been a rehearsal of the Moscow elections,”
Mikhalyova stressed in her report. Hamburg’s Foreign Policy
Committee expressed its concern with the developments and
readiness to forward an official inquiry to the Russian authorities.
See also:
http://www.gal-fraktion.de/cms/presse/dok/310/310677.fragen_zur_wahl_in_st_petersburg.html
http://www.hamburg.de/buergerschaft/
Regional
and Municipal Elections, 2009
Moscow City
Duma Elections, 2009
On
non-recognition of the results of the elections of October
11, 2009, and the need to investigate cases of franchise violations.
Statement of the Bureau of the Russian United Democratic Party
YABLOKO.
October 19, 2009
Election
fraud at the Moscow City Duma elections. From the Live Journal
of Igor Yakovlev, Press Secretary of the YABLOKO party
Violations
at the Moscow City Duma elections. Press Release. October
12, 2009
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