Primorye: Andrei Ishchenko announced the passage of the municipal filter

The candidate for Primorye Governors Andrei Ishchenko managed to collect a sufficient number of signatures of the heads and deputies of municipal councils for the municipal filter. He reported this on his Facebook page. 147 signatures were received in ten days. According to the law, this amount should be enough for registration as a candidate.

Ishchenko intends to submit documents to the regional election commander in the near future. He also noted that he has signatures of the inhabitants of the region in his support. According to him, he gathered them "contrary to everything and everyone."

The second round of elections of the Governor of the Primorsky Territory took place on September 16. They were leaded by the Candidate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Andrei Ishchenko, however, when the counting of the votes was already completed, the acting Governor of United Russia Andrei Tarasenko came forward with a slight margin. Observers drew attention to unusual results in a number of sites, where supposedly 100% of voters voted for Tarasenko. Ishchenko announced falsifications and called for protests to which thousands of residents of Vladivostok came to .

On September 20, the commission canceled the results of the elections of the second round of the head of the region. This happened after the recommendation of Pampilova to recognize the results of the election of the governor of the region invalid. She emphasized that in the CEC “shocked by numerous violations”, and promised the investigation “without regard to the personality of the organizers of falsifications”. The former candidate for the Governor of Primorye from the Communist Party, Andrei Ishchenko, was unable to challenge the decision of the regional election commission to cancel the election results .

Tarasenko refused to continue the campaign and resigned. Oleg Kozhemyako, who held the position of governor of the Sakhalin Region, was appointed in his place. He announced his intention to participate in the elections as a self -nominated . The Communists refused to put forward Ishchenko to re -vote. In this regard, he decided to participate in the elections as a self -nominated. The new elections of the head of the region will take place on December 16.