Mikhail Doliev submits new application regarding referendum. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the Caucasian Knot.

21 November 2017, 06:59

"PARNAS" Party initiates a referendum on direct elections in Astrakhan

The Election Commission for the Astrakhan Region has accepted the documents submitted by the regional branch of the "PARNAS" Party, which members initiated a referendum on direct elections of municipality heads.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that members of the opposition political "PARNAS" Party initiated a campaign to return direct elections.

The Election Commission did not immediately accept the documents prepared by activists from the "PARNAS" Party. "The Election Commission has found a technical error in the documents submitted. We have corrected it, and today, we have filed a new notification on the initiative to hold a referendum in the region," said on November 20 Mikhail Doliev, the leader for the regional branch of the "PARNAS" Party.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Elena Grebenyuk Source: CK correspondent

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