Who went to the governors of the Irkutsk region

Several people announced the nomination to the governors of the Irkutsk region. Among them are the head of the region, appointed by the Kremlin, Igor Kobzev and ex-governor Sergey Levchenko.

“He decided to participate in the elections of the governor of the Irkutsk region,” said Kobzev Instagram. “During a meeting with the main doctors of the region, the director of the Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education Vladimir Sprakh, on behalf of all doctors, asked me an important question: is I going to nominate my candidacy for the September elections.”

Previously, the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk region allowed the opportunity to run for self -nominates to the governors. To do this, you need to collect signatures of 0.5% of all residents, and then pass the municipal filter.

The plans for participation in the elections were announced by the ex-governor Sergey Levchenko (Communist Party). “I plan. [participate in the elections]. At least the sociology that we conduct: before he was conducted, and after the resignation, he suggests that of all the possible options I have the highest chances, ”Octagon quotes his website.

The chosen head of the region Sergey Levchenko (Communist Party) filed an application for care of his own free will on December 12, 2019, although he repeatedly stated that he would run for a second term. President RF Vladimir Putin appointed the deputy head of the Ministry of Emergencies Igor Kobzev Acting Governor. Putin directly associated Levchenko’s departure with the elections and the elimination of the consequences of the destructive flood. On December 14, a rally in support of Levchenko in Irkutsk gathered about 700 people. It demanded the resignation of Putin and the federal government. In the Communist Party, Levchenko’s departure was associated with the pressure of the Kremlin.

The deputy of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly Larisa Egorova (“Fair Russia”) also announced the participation in the elections. “I am making a 99% decision, I don’t make any special statements, I just live and work, and when they announce the elections, I will collect the regional branch, I will say that I am ready to go to the polls, I hope my one-partyists will support me and support Moscow,” she told the Irsiti site.

The Irkutsk branch of the LDPR plans to put the head of the Ushakovsky municipality of Viktor Galitskov. Major of the police, he worked for some time in the administration of Governor Sergei Eroshchenko, in 2012 he became a conullide in the Legislative Assembly and assistant to the State Duma deputy. In 2017, he headed the Ushakovsky municipality with a population of about 8 thousand people.

The Civil Platform, which also has a faction in the Legislative Assembly, has not yet been determined. The faction includes an influential deputy, developer and former head of the regional government Alexander Bitarov, who, as the taiga wrote. Info, could influence the appointment of Ruslan Bolotov City manager of Irkutsk.

The election of the governor has not yet been officially announced. They must take place in September 2020.