Leonid Volkov: "A politician is a person who is obliged to speak out on relevant political topics"

"In Khabarovsk, the volunteers of Alexei Vorsin took to the streets of the city (good, the weather is good), put excellent campaign cubes, distribute leaflets, work. Despite the fact that the candidate was" removed "from the elections officially. Well, that, that, that there was a charge to fight and very powerful; again, the courts are ahead, how it will turn - it is quite possible that these are local zhuliki They were frightened and removed, and in the Armed Forces we’ll turn on the other side, ”writes the politician and ally of Alexei Navalny on his Facebook page.

“I’m talking about something else. On the cubes it is largely written:“ Alexey Vorsin - I am against raising the retirement age. ”And, of course, a certain number of purists who say:“ How is it that? This is not the powers of local self -government? Even if the villi is restored in the elections, and he will win and become the mayor of Khabarovsk - he will not be able to make Khabarovsk a “special pension zone? Then why write it? "

Then.

Notice, Vorsin does not write: "I will lower the retirement age!" (This is in the municipal elections the United Russia loves to write on posters: “A worthy life for everyone!”, “The elderly care!”, “I will help everyone in need!” Or something - of course, they cannot, and are not going to do). Vorsin makes a political statement: "I am against raising the retirement age." It states a fact.

Why is it important? Yes, because this topic is the main political topic in the country now. For all surveys - from VTII to FBK. And that's exactly why the Kremlin does everything possible so that they do not talk about it; Make a form that the question does not exist.

A politician is a person who is obliged to speak out on relevant political topics and represent the opinion of his voters. Remember the mayor of Roizman - he did not have any powers, at all - and, nevertheless, he played a much large role in the political life of the country than the mayor of any other Russian millionaire city, publicly denoting his position on one or another issues. Whether it is landing for reposts, glorification of Stalin, rally prohibitions or fabricated criminal cases. And it was not the voice of a simple person - it was the voice of the mayor, speaking on behalf of a one and a half million city, and therefore it was important.

The problem of Russian "elections" is not that candidates say that it is outside their authority. And the fact that in the elections - the most political of all political institutions - there is no policy at all. "