In Dalnegorsk, the protesters demand to cancel the second round of mayor’s elections and punish the killers

In Dalnegorsk on Friday, an unauthorized rally is held in connection with the murder of a candidate for the post of mayor of United Russia Dmitry Fonyanov . About 2,000 people gathered in the central square of the city in front of the city administration. The protesters demand to cancel the second round of the mayor’s elections and punish the candidate for the mayor’s candidate, the city police department said.

In their hands, the audience hold posters with the inscriptions: “Stop lawlessness”, “No elections on October 22,” “The killer must be punished.” A police cordon is set along the perimeter of the area, employees of the internal affairs bodies monitor the order. The organizers of the two -hour rally were members of the local branch of the United Russia party, Interfax reports.

“The protesters behave correctly, without extremist attacks,” said the representative of the police department. The police do not interfere with the rally, despite the fact that it is unauthorized.

According to the ATS, at the rally there is a State Duma deputy Vasily Usoltsev, who in his speech supported the opinion of the speakers to cancel the elections. “In such a situation that has developed in the city, it is unethical to hold the elections. In addition, the voting day coincides with the day of the funeral of one of the former candidates for the post of head of the city district of Dmitry Fonyanov,” the agency’s interlocutor quoted the words of Usoltsev.

On Friday, a meeting of the municipal election commission was breaking out twice due to the lack of quorum, RIA Novosti reports.

“In this regard, the second round of elections of the head of the Dalnegorsky city district is threatened by the breakdown, since the Izbirk did not make a number of important decisions: he did not exclude from the lists of the candidates of Dmitry Fonyanov, who was shot on Thursday, he did not include Vladimir Voinov instead of Fonichanov, did not approve the form of the bulletin with a new candidate,” the city Duma said. If the final decision on the fate of the second round is not made until 21:00 local time (14:00 in Moscow), the elections will be considered to be torn.

Meanwhile, the election commission of Dalnegorsk noted, "while there is no reason to cancel the second round of voting scheduled for October 22. The elections can only be canceled if all candidates abandon further participation in the campaign." “So far, no statement of refusal to participate in elections to the election committee has received,” Interfax told the regionalism.

In turn, a participant in the second round of elections of the mayor of Dalnegorsk, acting the acting Mayor Alexander Terebilov said that he was not going to refuse to further participate in the campaign, despite the death of his opponent. As the head of the public reception and head of the election headquarters Terebilov Vasily Shevchuk said on Friday, "Terebilov is configured to participate in the second round."

“To refuse to participate in elections now means to leave the city without power for another six months. Today, a person who will deal with the problems of Dalnegorsk, and, first of all, preparing the city for winter. The elections should take place,” Shevchuk Terebilova quoted.

Fonyanov was shot dead by unknown on Thursday in Dalnegorsk. On this fact, the prosecutor's office opened a criminal case. The investigation is headed by the deputy prosecutor of the region, the head of the investigative department of the regional prosecutor's office, Yuri Melnikov. On Friday, he went to Dalnegorsk.

The elections held on October 8, 2006 are recognized as held. However, none of the candidates for mayors of the city gained the necessary 50% plus one vote. The second round was published by Fonyanov and the acting head of the Dalnegorsky city district Alexander Terebilov.