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Angara region: They created a petition against the appointment of the head of the Emergencies Ministry General
The Irkutsk branch of the Strength Movement created a petition against the appointment of the acting governor of the deputy head of the Ministry of Emergencies Igor Kobzev. Earlier, the head of the region, Sergei Levchenko, resigned.
The petition under the heading "Hands off the Irkutsk region! Let me make a choice yourself!" Created the day before and addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the time of publication, about 400 residents signed it.
"The appointment of the temporarily acting governor of the Irkutsk region, Varangian from Moscow, rescuer Igor Kobzev, residents perceived the residents as a spit in the region. Everyone understands that the Kremlin wants to put this person to the head of the Angara," the petition says.
SR in mobile SR on Instagram Wed FacebookIts authors note that videos that appeared on the Internet, incriminating the official, even before his arrival in the region, formed an attitude towards him. This will lead to the consolidation of protest against Kobzev and the sabotage of his initiatives, the authors of the document believe.
The appointment of an official to the post of temporarily acting head of the region a year before the elections puts him in a priority position. “The voters will have no choice but to vote for anyone except Kobzev. It was in the elections in March 2019 in Ust-Ilymsk, when the head became a little-known housewife,” the authors of the petition were sure.
In conclusion, they ask to appoint the acting governor "Irkutian" to the post of acting governor.
- On December 14, a rally was held in Irkutsk in support of Levchenko, it was participated in more than 700 people. They believe that politics "forced" to take such a step and forced to leave the post of head of the region.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted Levchenko’s resignation from the post of governor of the Irkutsk region at his own request on December 12. By decree of the head of state, the acting head of the region, Igor Kobzev was appointed.
- The Strength movement was created on the initiative of the Baikal Siberia newspaper from supporters of the former governor, communist Sergei Levchenko in October 2015. The departments of the movement opened in the twelve territories of the region. At the moment, three are actively working. The coordinator of the organization is the editor -in -chief of the newspaper, the former freelance adviser to Governor Levchenko Sergey Korolev.