The participants of the campaign “NO!” against the amendment to the Constitution of Russia and the nullification of presidential terms of Vladimir Putin intend to enter the uncoordinated protest as the mayor’s office for the second time denied them in the coordination meeting in the center of the capital. About it Znak.com according to the organizers of the protest movement, Ilya Azar, Andrei Pivovarov and Julia Galiamina.
The refusal of the Moscow city hall said that the request for the action will be inconsistent due to the fact that the city “restrictions on holding mass events”. In response, the city officials did not specify that according to the decision of mayor Sergey Sobyanin, the ban only for events where the number of members exceeds 5 thousand people, but the representatives of the campaign “NO!” in your application initially specified that the maximum number of people at the rally will not be more than 4.9 thousand people.
“In addition, in the claimed location (Novopushkinsky garden — approx. ed.) limiting the occupancy of the available area <…> does not match requested”, — is spoken in the answer of the mayoralty of Moscow.
“After a previous attempt to negotiate a rally of 50 thousand people on Sakharov Avenue city hall on the same day issued a decree banning the Moscow events with the number of participants more than 5 thousand due to the coronavirus. The application for the rally in Novopushkinsky Park was filed in compliance with this decree by 4.9 thousand people, but in the failure of the mayor’s office still refers to restrictions on mass gatherings to combat coronavirus. The participants of the campaign “NO!” consider the refusal of the mayor illegal and politically motivated. If the virus really so alarming, you need not be limited to the prohibition of meetings, and to cancel and then a nationwide vote on amendments to the Constitution”, say the opposition. According to them, “people who planned to go to the meeting on 22 March at 14:00 GMT, unable to decide where to spend that time on that day. The participants of the campaign “NO!” must be in Novopushkinsky Park”.
We will remind, Vladimir Putin has approved an amendment to the Constitution, onusumba his presidential terms. The proposal was made by the Deputy of the state Duma from “United Russia” Valentina Tereshkova. Reseting the timing will allow Putin to participate in the new elections. According to him, it will be possible, if the amendment of the Constitution agree the constitutional court of the Russian Federation. Term of operating powers Putin ends in 2024. Under the current Constitution, he cannot offer his candidature for presidency.
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