BEAUTY AND SPEAKER

TOWARDS ELECTIONS

In Voronezh, in two months, elections to the city and regional Dumas will be held, and federal politicians have become frequent here. For the first time, parties will participate in the elections to the regional parliament. And local politicians need to stick to some party and ...

In Voronezh, in two months, elections to the city and regional Dumas will be held, and federal politicians have become frequent here. For the first time parties will participate in elections to the regional parliament.

And local politicians need to stick to some party and get on the lists. Even two is better. And what incredible combinations arise here! The right becomes the left, the liberals become patriots. The crowd is reminiscent of the first formation of recruits in the army: who will be in time and who will push whom. If you are pushed out, you must urgently run at least somewhere where you can climb into the ranks.

In the regional administration and the mayor's office they make lists of "their" deputies and also attach them wherever God sends them. For example, State Duma deputy Gudkov came, and the media immediately reported the engagement of the mayor's office and the People's Party.

But then another guest arrived - the speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov - and the media again started talking about the wedding: the characters of the mayor's office and the Party of Life converge even more!

One trouble: the lists must be approved by the public, the local party. You have to spin. And this is how Voronezh gets out of this situation.

Teachers, educators and directors of schools received a command from their superiors in the mayor's office: to gather at such and such a time in the House of Culture. And bring at least ten people with you. Can be more.

Gathered. They are told to register. Surprised and whispering (no one knows anything), teachers and educators register and enter the conference room. Prominent representatives of the mayor's office and "dedicated" colleagues sit on the presidium. It turns out that this is not just a meeting, but a conference of the Party of Life of Mr. Mironov. The Presidium makes speeches about the need to build a bright future and announces the lists of candidates for deputies.

Some of the teachers raised their hand, but most did not understand anything. The host of the conference said: “Who is for? Abstaining-against no? Unanimously!". All teachers were given a box of cheap sweets "Ptichye Moloko", and the conference was solemnly closed.

The main local lover of life was the vice-mayor, who had already announced his engagement to the People's Party and the complete resemblance to it in character and political convictions. The third place in the list of the Party of Life was taken by Oksana Fedorova, former Miss Universe, host of Good Night, Kids. She is also an associate professor at St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and deputy chairman of the council of the all-Russian youth public movement "Energy of Life".

And in fifth place, for example, is a deputy of the City Duma, who did not have enough space in the Rodina lists.

The day before, the People's Party formed its party list. And if we proceed from the former beliefs of the members of the born list, then the roof of the Western political scientist will easily leave. Everything is mixed here: from ultraviolet to infrared.

According to the local leader of this vinaigrette, "outplaying United Russia in the elections is the main task of the People's Party." Although at the same time the main populist Gennady Gudkov during his recent visit said the opposite: that the party in power is their main ally.

But it seems that all this fuss about party lists is in vain: why would officials switch from one party to another if the chances of the People's Party and the Party of Life in the Voronezh Region are zero?