The former vice-governor became the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. CEC complained about him in the UK

The former vice-governor of the city Alexander Belsky was the new speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the government’s website says . The head of the CEC of Russia, Ella Pamfilova, sent a complaint about his election to the SK and the Prosecutor General’s Office.

40 out of 49 deputies who were present at the meeting voted for the candidacy of Belsky. Two more people claimed the post of speaker - the Commissioner for Human Rights in St. Petersburg, Alexander Shishlov, who was nominated by the "Yabloko", Vyacheslav Borodenchik from the Communist Party. 6 people voted for Borodenchik, 3. "Fair Russia", "New People" and the LDPR did not nominate candidates for the post of speaker.

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The governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov fired Belsky from the post of vice-governor on September 24, two days after the approval of the election results in the city parliament. Belsky was nominated in deputies according to the citywide list from United Russia and entered the first five.

The head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova criticized Belsky’s election to the Legislative Assembly. She stated that during his election there was a conflict of interest.

“Here we observe the absolute conflict of interests: a person who was engaged in domestic politics at the same time went to deputies and was engaged in the electoral process,” said Pampilova.

In the commentary, Zachs.ru, Belsky said that he did not see a conflict of interest. In his opinion, his duties as the vice-governor included coordination of actions between the government and the election commission. He added, is not obliged to go on vacation during the election campaign.

On September 29, the CEC of Rossi announced that he sent a complaint to the SK and the Prosecutor General about the election of Alexander Belsky to the Legislative Assembly.

“This is the only region in which we will not congratulate the representative of the Legislative Assembly, since a person - and this is a clear conflict of interests - has elected himself. And we do not need to draw an analogy with other regions. Yes, representatives of the authorities are elected in other regions. But this is a person who was actually engaged in his election. I hope that the General Prosecutor's Office will figure out this,” Ella Pamphilova quoted in the statement.

Separately, she turned to the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, saying that he could celebrate the victory, but this is a "Pirrova Victory".

• Alexander Belsky is 46 years old, he is a native Petersburger. He worked at the Severnaya shipyard of the Shipyard, and then took up business. In 2014, he became an official - the head of Sestroretsk. Belsky also held the posts of the Chairman of the Council of Municipal Education of St. Petersburg and the Public Council for Small Entrepreneurship of the Resort District. In 2019, he headed the city territorial development committee, but in 2020 he transferred to the post of vice-governor.
• To Belsky, the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg for 10 years, Vyacheslav Makarov was. In the past elections, he received a chair of the State Duma deputy. His daughter Marina Lybaneva went into the robbery, who, after the election, changed her surname to Makarova. In the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Seventh convocation "United Russia" received 29 out of 50 mandates, representatives of six games went to parliament.
• The head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova harshly criticized the election process in St. Petersburg, saying that most complaints about violations came from this city. Observers reported the stuffing of ballots, "Karsueli", detentions and beatings of observers and members of the commissions. The voting results were canceled in six areas, one criminal case was instituted. The CEC ordered to dismiss the heads of the two Terisbirromoms of St. Petersburg.

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