The Communists were refused

Ishchenko will not participate in the second round of elections in Primorye, not only because of the "obstruction" of the municipal filter: version

The intrigue with the elections of the Governor of the Primorsky Territory is curling up: the Communists at the regional party conference not only refused to nominate Andrei Ishchenko, who in September at least fought on equal terms with the then acting governor Andrei Tarasenko, his candidate, but generally decided not to take part in the elections.

According to one of the versions that were common today in the region, this happened because, as they believe in the regional party organization, they have already proved their victory on September 16, in the second round; The victory, which, according to members of the Communist Party, stole falsifiers.

According to another version, the party members soberly calculated the impossibility of passing them as a candidate of the municipal filter; The required, according to the current norm, 140 signatures of municipal and village deputies and elected chapters, they would really be able to collect. A number of those who still put their signatures for Ishchenko in the summer have already managed to declare their refusal to do this in the fall.

And finally, according to the third , and, perhaps, the most plausible version, many members (and, first of all, leaders) were disappointed in their candidate. I must admit that Ishchenko was never listed among the faithful Communists; According to observers, he was largely a large part of the deputies of the regional Legislative Assembly due to the fact that during the election struggle he acted as one of the "wallets" of the party. In many ways, this is why, during the previous “race”, he became a candidate from the Communist Party for the position of governor. However, as many party members say,

After the abolition of the results of the September elections, Ishchenko could not show a real fighter and fighter, endlessly making and just as easily canceling different decisions:

Whether it is the declared and canceled hunger strike or a call to the inhabitants of Vladivostok to go out every evening to the central square, which also turned out to be a dummy.

The task of the current acting governor Oleg Kozhemyako was greatly facilitated in this regard. Nevertheless, it is difficult to say how protested Primors will behave on December 16.