Lokot undecided about participating in the rally against raising the retirement age

The Novosibirsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation will hold a rally against raising the retirement age on July 28. The organization's first secretary, Mayor Anatoly Lokot, has not decided on his participation.

“I have already expressed my opinion. Whether I will take part or not, I have not decided yet, - the head of the city answered the question of Taiga.info on July 26. - I, as the mayor, still have the task of fulfilling my duties. We have a fairly strong organization, a lot of active people - they will hold it."

Earlier, the mayor called on the federal authorities to be attentive to the “tension that has arisen in society”: “The number of pensioners is growing, but economic solutions have not yet been found. Hence this message to increase the age. As a potential pensioner, I am closely following all this, and these decisions do not cause me much optimism. <...> I hope that when solving this problem, the intensity of passions will be taken into account and a conflict-free solution and a way out of this situation will be found.

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against the reform publicly spoke out Of the representatives of the regional authorities , only a few deputies of the Legislative Assembly and Acting Minister of Industry Nikolai Simonov . In the city council of Novosibirsk, eight deputies of different factions signed an appeal to the regional parliament, in which they negatively assessed the reform.

Regular rallies against raising the retirement age and VAT will be held in Novosibirsk on July 26 and 28. The first rally, organized by the Pensioners for a Decent Life Committee, will begin at the monument to Alexander III on the Ob embankment at 18:30;

The State Duma, in the first reading, voted by United Russia votes, approved a government bill to raise the retirement age for men from 60 to 65 years and for women from 55 to 63 years. The Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the "SR" opposed . The second reading is scheduled for autumn after the Single Voting Day in the regions.

Protests are taking place in the cities of Siberia, the most massive so far has gathered about 5,000 people in Omsk. Several rallies were held in Novosibirsk, the largest of which gathered more than 1,500 participants.