Yabloko Denied Registration for St. Petersburg Assembly Elections
The 'Apple' party was ultimately refused participation in the St. Petersburg parliament elections. The Second Appeal Court did not satisfy the 'Apple' party's complaint regarding the non-admission of the party list to the elections in the Legislative Assembly, reported a correspondent of 'Paper'.
Consensus
- The Second Appellate Court rejected Yabloko's appeal against the refusal to register its party list for Saint Petersburg's Legislative Assembly elections.
- The Saint Petersburg City Election Commission had previously refused to register the party list on July 24, citing invalid notarized powers of the financial representative.
- The Central Election Commission of Russia upheld the decision of the Saint Petersburg commission.
- Yabloko plans to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
- The party's candidates will continue campaigning in single-mandate constituencies.
- The elections for the eighth convocation of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly are scheduled for September 20.
- The party list was rejected due to an allegedly invalid financial report and improperly notarized powers of the representative.
Points of divergence
- The party's lawyer, Alexander Kobrin, claimed that the Central Election Commission intentionally sent the notice about deficiencies after the deadline for correction, and that the Commission failed to timely inform the party about the issues. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- The deputy head of the city election commission, Oleg Zatsepa, stated that the Commission had properly and timely notified the party of the deficiencies, including non-removable ones. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- The party's lawyer argued that the Central Election Commission could have challenged the power of attorney in court instead of declaring it invalid. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Yabloko was also denied registration for the State Duma elections, with the Supreme Court of Russia initially overturning the registration on August 10, and the appellate chamber upholding the decision by August 18. — tg_paperpaper_ru
Coverage (4 sources)
- Court in St. Petersburg rejected Apple Party candidate Sergey Mukhin's appeal against refusal to register for elections — SOTAvision
- "Apple" again failed to challenge the refusal to register for elections in the Zaks of St. Petersburg — Интерфакс
- Appeal Court Denied 'Yabloko' Party List Registration for Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Elections — SOTAvision
- The "Apple" list was ultimately refused participation in the St. Petersburg parliament elections — Бумага
Key entities
- Apple
- Saint Petersburg
- Sergey Mukhin
- State Assembly
- Legislative Assembly
- Second Appeal Court
- Appeals Court
- Sotavision
- Alexander Kobrinsky
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Saint Petersburg City Court