| The Central Election Commission and parties discussed new rules of the game On Friday, the Central Election Commission held a meeting with representatives of political parties on the topic “Problems and prospects for elections of legislative bodies of the constituent entities of the federation using the proportional system.” The top officials of the main parties did not make it to the Central Election Commission. And the gathered party members constantly diverted from the “problems of elections of legislative assemblies of constituent entities” to more pressing ones - the appointment of governors and the conditions for elections to the State Duma.
In light of the latest transformations of the political system, regional parliaments may also practically lose any important role. After the adoption of the law on the actual appointment of governors, legislative assemblies will, to a certain extent, influence the choice of the candidate for the future governor. True, apparently Party members have no illusions that they will be able to correct the president’s opinion.
From the report of CEC member Elena Dubrovina on the experience of holding regional elections, it turned out that the same parties, as a rule, enter regional parliaments as the State Duma: first of all, United Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party, less often the Union of Right Forces and Yabloko. . During the regional campaigns, the issue of creating blocs turned out to be painful. For example, sometimes two “Rodina” blocs were created in one region, and often “Rodina”, which entered the Duma, was not a member of any of them. Here, the opinions of the election commission and representatives of the parties unexpectedly coincided: most likely, the legislative ability to create blocs in elections will remain for parties, but the procedure for creating them will be complicated.
According to Ms. Dubrovina, 85 constituent entities of the federation already have laws on the election of legislative assemblies using a proportional system. That is, a fixed part of parliament is elected according to party lists. Moreover, each region has its own barrier for a party to enter parliament. In Kalmykia and Dagestan it is maximum - 10%. The same will soon happen in Moscow. But the Aginsky Buryat and Ust-Ordynsky Buryat districts do not establish a barrier for their parties at all.
To stimulate the development of parties, the Central Election Commission proposes to establish a “barrier” barrier of no higher than five percent in all regions. Moreover, at the federal level, to achieve the same goal, the barrier from the Central Election Commission will be raised to seven percent. The situation is approximately the same with the introduction of the proportional system - the Central Election Commission considers it premature to fully introduce it in the regions, but approves the bill providing for the participation of only parties in elections to the State Duma.
The initiative to introduce a proportional system of elections to the Duma was unexpectedly supported by the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin. In his opinion, a proportional system could become an antidote to administrative resources: “In majoritarian elections, the principle of “the winner takes all” applies.” And we know the winner - this is the party in power.” Co-chairman of the Republican Party Vladimir Lysenko, appealing to the common sense of those present, said that the majoritarian election system best meets the political realities and needs of modern Russia: “This system is used in most presidential republics. The majoritarian principle binds, rather than divides, the country, and allows a specific voter in the region to vote for a specific candidate who will represent his interests in parliament.” And United Russia deputy Valery Grebennikov generally proposed an amendment to the law, according to which “there cannot be less than two parties in the State Duma.”
It turned out that even its opponents have no doubt about the bright future of the law on the appointment of governors. But to accusations from Yabloko of inaction at a time when citizens are being deprived of the right to vote, the head of the Central Election Commission, Alexander Veshnyakov, did not respond. Daria GUSEVA |
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