Exclude from the temple

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg at a plenary meeting unexpectedly excluded from the agenda the question of a referendum for the Isaacievsky Council. It is reported by TASS.

Unenos Boris Ivchenko proposed to remove the issue from the agenda. He was supported by 38 of 43 deputies. “Any deputy of the Legislative Assembly may offer to introduce or remove any question from the agenda,” said Elena Tymoshenko, head of the information department of the city parliament.

The deputy from the Growth Party Maxim Reznik said that Ilchenko suggested making the question of a referendum from the agenda "without any explanation." When Reznik himself tried to find out the reasons, the speaker of the Legislative Assembly did not give him such an opportunity, explaining that "the deputy may not motivate his proposal."

The Legislative Assembly violates the referendum law, evading the discussion of its holding, Reznik believes. According to him, deputies from the fractions of the Growth Party, Yabloko and Fair Russia will continue to make this issue on the agenda of the nearest meetings, and will also discuss other measures. "

Last week, the question of a referendum was included in the agenda on May 17 at a meeting of the Committee on Legislation. At the same time, the legal department of the Legislative Assembly gave a negative conclusion on the issue of referendum on Isaacia. They stated that the wording of the question does not meet the requirements of federal and city laws on referenda.

On April 26, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg had already refused to include the issue of holding a referendum on the fate of Isaac on the summons of the plenary meeting .

On December 30, the order of the property relations Committee of St. Petersburg was issued, according to which the St. Isaac's Cathedral will be transferred to the free of charge of the Russian Orthodox Church for a period of 49 years. In January - February in St. Petersburg, a number of protests were held, including those who were inconsistent, against the transfer of the building to the clergy.

On March 28, the city election room registered the initiative group for holding a referendum on the fate of Isaac . The decision of the election commission should approve the city legislative assembly, after which the organizers of the referendum should collect at least 2 percent of voters - 75 thousand people in support of their idea. After that, the voting date is set.

On April 27, RBC, citing sources close to the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church, reported that Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill agreed on the transfer of the ROC Cathedral at the December meeting. According to RBC, the final decision on the transfer of the cathedral was made at a closed meeting of Patriarch Kirill with the St. Petersburg governor George Poltavchenko during the visit of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church to St. Petersburg from December 17 to 19.