Ritual procedure

So, the Governor of St. Petersburg V. Matvienko scored in the municipal elections in the districts of Petrovsky and the Red River 92% and 94.5%. Another summary reports that she "defeated unknown rivals with 96%." No worse than in the Caucasus, yes.

Well, such a high percentage in the second case was already associated with an appraisal judgment on the topic “unknown to anyone”, but, in fact, why not 96. Of course, this fact claims that the trends of the North Caucasus appeared in the northern capital, but there is a specialized electorate. With the Gazeta.ru vanity : “ The municipal formation of the Petrovsky district is located in the Petrograd district of St. Petersburg, across the bridge from the Vasilievsky Island. This is a rather specific area, because the basis of its electorate is the most disciplined, but at the same time not at all tuning opposition citizens-cadets of military school and pensioners .”

The second district was made up of polling stations on the Krasnoye Cadet Street and on the Red River (well, like that). Why several districts at once? And, they say, they have an internal tender there - from whom Matvienko will receive more, from those will go further. And this means a great honor for the district. So violations and minor falsifications in the order of intraspecific struggle between the relevant subjects of suffrage. Anyway, the solemn North Caucasian interest is not so triumphant when considering point blank. For example, out of 1508 voters on the site on Krasnoye Cadet Street, 511 people voted, and another 76 voted at home. That is, in fact, at the level of hundredth care - moreover, with pre -prepared respondents, and the refusal to participate in the survey has not been taken into account at all. Of course, with this number, individual work with the voter comes to the fore. And who will go to vote against? Laziness.

The deputy chairman of the CEC Leonid Ivlev added that " the turnout at the elections past August 21 was three times more than in the previous elections in 2009. " Then, in the municipal elections in St. Petersburg, the turnout was about 9%, and now - more than 30%. This, of course, in this case enthusiasm and triumph, perhaps, still took place. Of course, unbearable observers report that " it was possible to provide such a high turnout thanks to cultural events and low prices for goods. So, the correspondent of the Moscow Komsomolets noticed tricolor ribbons in the hands of voters who voted for Matvienko. As reported, these ribbons were given out in the areas, and its presenter received the right to free excursion with lunch to Pavlovsk ". But nothing bad is visible in this. Because this fact reports that the elected manager has a resource. And what, if not this, the best agitation for him? Is it not clear why Pavlovsk? Purely by accident or is this a certain deep meaning? Well, in Peterhof fountains, at least.

What next? It is from Matvienko who defeated the intraspecific struggle to the district that the municipal deputy will receive the mandate of the municipal deputy, then he will once again get as a representative of the city in the Federation Council, then he will get out again there and will become the chairman of the upper house. Here is how much it needs to be transferred to a person to take the place that she did not want to occupy for a long time. For everyone knows her thoughts after a proposal from D.A. Medvedev, the President of Russia. Matvienko then stated that the news is unexpected for her, it requires understanding and she would “think” over the offer on the weekend, and she promised to voice her decision after the weekend, but then hesitated for several more days. Then all the general Federal space followed its fluctuations: will it agree or not? Well, when I agreed, that's all.

Why then the election, huh? This "why" about the same "why?", What unknown good people write on the walls in different places of Moscow (but, so far, not on the Kremlin wall). In fact, I wonder - why? Well, yes, so somewhere it is recorded. That is, such as the basis of the basis is a procedure for a democratic choice, which cannot be dispensed with, because the ancestors bequeathed so. And then the potatoes will not be spoiled. The stress in this case is the word "procedure", and "democratic choice" is a pure addition. That is how N. Timakova said in June: " Valentina Matvienko will hold all the necessary consultations with the advice of the chamber and begin all the necessary procedures for election to the upper house ."

The same word on the same day, on June 28, the president, Medvedev D.A. .. He said that for Russia it would be good if Matvienko agreed to change the post of governor to the post of speaker of the upper house of parliament. Well, since she then hesitated, she suggested that she think more, as well as to consult with senators and be elected as a speaker of the Federation Council in case of support on their part. Total: " I think that you could have consultations with colleagues, if you feel support, go through the whole procedure ." Here is normal, in fact: for the good of Russia-sacred. It was decided to go through the procedure.

What exactly from the point of view of common sense may the meaning of these elections, that is, procedures? Firstly, it is beautiful from the artistic side: 511 people on the red cadet depend on the vote, the fate of the third post in the state depends. Well, yes, there is still an election of a member and the election of the head of the Council, but it is clear that the first step is the most important.

In short, we have a ritual procedure, which - in the presence of an imagination (that is, if there is a rateer with an imagination), could be called a ritual service the idea of ​​democracy. But this already opens the topic of daily spirituality and looks like the obedience of a roadside priest, consecrating the works of tire fitting .