The Communist Party proposes to discuss on January 20 in Novosibirsk the Opposition Front in the mayor’s elections

The Communists offer all the opposition forces of Novosibirsk to meet on January 20 and discuss the “framework agreements” on the upcoming election of the mayor, the first secretary of the Communist Party regional committee Anatoly Lokot said on January 13. The Siberian Presidential President Viktor Tolokonsky will not receive an invitation to the meeting.

Recall that the mayor of Novosibirsk prematurely resigned his powers on January 9, accepting the proposal of Governor Vasily Yurchenko to become his deputy: vice-governor Vladimir Gorodetsky will oversee the creation and development of the Novosibirsk agglomeration. The desire to compete for the post of mayor has already been stated by State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, leader of the Russian Breakthrough movement Evgeny Loginov, president of the Healthcare Foundation - Children! Daria Makarova, public figure Alexei Peasantov, musician Sergey Troitsky, former Senator Ivan Starikov and Lokot himself.

“We put forward the idea of ​​creating an opposition front in a very short time in order to coordinate the actions of opposition political and public forces, candidates who consider themselves opposition, those who see an alternative course of continuity, which the ruling party and the leadership of the region are now trying to announce,” Anatoly Lokot said. - We propose to hold a meeting of the opposition forces on January 20 and send invitations to interested participants. We assume to accept at least framework agreements on tactics and strategy of behavior during the election campaign. ”

The elbow specified that he expects to see at the meeting the “widest circle” of the participants. When asked if they will invite Viktor Tolokonsky to this meeting of the Siberian envoy, who

admitted

In the "disappointment" of the early departure of Gorodetsky from the city hall, the leader of the Novosibirsk Communists with a smile replied that "it was worth thinking about it."

“It would be strange if we ran to consult a ruling group, although we tried not to lose working contacts with anyone. Talking about the coordination of political actions during the campaign is illusions "

“It would be strange if we ran to consult a ruling group,” Lokot reminded, “although we tried not to lose working contacts with anyone. Tolokonsky as a representative of the president held meetings with representatives of different parties in the Siberian Federal District, in which we also participated. Talking about some kind of coordination of political actions during the election campaign is illusions, this is simply impossible, because there are rules of the game and, of course, [they] will remain ”

Anatoly Lokot once again said that he would run for mayors of Novosibirsk if the Central Committee of the Communist Party approves his candidacy. The final decision, in any case, remains with the federal leadership of the party.

Previously, proposals for applicants for the mayor from the opposition

set out

In his blog Ilya Ponomarev. In his opinion, you do not need to spend time on criticism of each other during the campaign, and on the voting day you need to focus on "ensuring honest elections". Finally, two weeks before the election day, all candidates should, “as if it were not difficult from the point of view of personal ambitions,” to remove their candidates in favor of the one who has the greatest chances. In the fall, Ponomarev

asserted

Recall that he has "the highest level of fame among opposition candidates."