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"Protest Apology" will help those who are crushed due to a vote on amendments
The Apology of Protest launched the project “The right to choose”, in which it will provide legal assistance to those who are under the vote on amendments to the Constitution. About this North. Realia was told by the head of the project Alexei Glukhov.
“We are observing that members of the election commissions, journalists who cover the preparation for the voting day, agitators who put up leaflets are subjected to persecution by the authorities. We believe that they should not be left without protection. The right to express their opinion and against each citizen belongs,” Glukhov explained.
According to him, the authorities use different methods of pressure. In Perm, the brokeers of leaflets for the boycott of voting on amendments to the Constitution were detained . Members of election commissions who, for ethical reasons, do not want to take part in the vote, are forced to write applications about exit from the election commission. Police officers arrived at the author of the rain investigation of voting on amendments at night.
"The closer the vote, the more such facts will be. In social networks and media publications, the number of messages that someone are obliged to vote, including under the threat of dismissal, is growing," the head of the apology of protest said.
You can contact the project employees in the telegram channel .
- Voting on amendments to the Russian Constitution will last seven days - from June 25 to July 1. In case of amendments, Russian President Vladimir Putin will have the opportunity to run for the fifth and sixth presidential terms.
- In March, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on amendments to the Constitution. After signing the law of the Constitutional Court at an emergency meeting on the weekend, he examined the amendments in closed mode and recognized the proposed changes by the relevant basic law of the country.
- Members of the election commission with a ruling vote published an appeal to colleagues not to participate in the organization of voting due to the threat of coronavirus. The CEC said that the vote will take place even in case of refusal to work some members of the regional precinct commissions.