Sakhalin: Acting Governor will go to the election of the head of the region in 2019

The acting head of the Sakhalin Region Valery Limarenko, appointed to this position on December 7, is going to go as a self -nominee for the election of the governor, which will be held in September 2019.

Limarenko informed reporters about this after his submission to the regional government on December 10, reported Interfax. “I think that I will be a self -nominated man, because I would like to have a politically politically, but related to regional interests. And I want all the inhabitants, regardless of political views,” the official said.

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President Vladimir Putin appointed Limarenko Acting Governor of the Sakhalin Region three days ago. Earlier, he held the post of head of the engineering division of the State Corporation "Rosatom".

At the end of November, deputies of the regional Duma in appeal to the President called the situation in the field of critical due to the lack of a leader.

The former head of the Sakhalin region, Oleg Kozhemyako, was appointed by Putin the acting head of the Primorsky Territory after a scandal in the second round of the governor's elections, which was on September 16. Based on the results of the vote, the Communist Party candidate Andrei Ishchenko was the leader, but at the last moment the victory went to the temporary head of the region Andrei Tarasenko from United Russia. Ishchenko announced falsification and called for protests in which thousands of inhabitants took part. After that, the election results were canceled due to massive violations and a new vote was appointed on December 16.