Neither a picket nor a rally against amendments to the Constitution was agreed in Irkutsk

The Irkutsk administration did not agree on either a picket or a rally against amendments to the Constitution planned on June 17 and 27, respectively. About this writes "Siberia. MBH Media ”with reference to civil activist Pavel Kharitonenko.

“The authorities banned both events, referring to the high readiness regime due to“ 2019ncov ”. In fact, they refused us to exercise the constitutional right to freedom of assembly. It should be borne in mind that on the 27th [June, when the applicants wanted to hold a rally -OTD-info ] there is no decree on the “increased readiness mode”. In addition, 2019-NCOV does not prevent them from raising on amendments to the Constitution and reversing the deadlines of the president, ”Kharitonenko quoted the publication.

The response response really says that holding a public event on the declared dates is dangerous for the participants, Siberia said. MBH Media. "

“We consider such a decision of the authorities undemocratic and contrary to common sense. The authorities are simply afraid that the people will express their true attitude towards her and her actions, going out to the square, ”the commentary of Pavel Kharitonenko quotes the publication.

• On March 11, the State Duma approved the bill on amendments to the Constitution initiated by Vladimir Putin. Before that, the president supported the amendment of the deputy Valentina Tereshkova, who proposed to give the president the opportunity to go for two new terms after the adoption of amendments to the Constitution. Sobyanin called Putin a ban was elected "a destabilizing factor."