The Russian Democratic Party youth branch "supports" the United Russia Party in Moscow. The sign reads "We'll change governors."
Photo: Yury Martyanov
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United Russia Appeals to Principles to Get Votes
The United Russia Party has launched a new election campaign that is being called Personnel Reserve. Party supporters are promised career growth in the civil service in exchange for their political loyalty. The goal is to attract the most ambitious and active middle-aged Russian men, who are usually not very active in the elections.
The first stage of the campaign will be the establishment of a national personnel reserve for the executive branch of government. The second stage will be several rounds of party training for those reserve forces, with the party monitoring the progress of those in the base or already appointed to a position. United Russia will do all of this in conjunction with regional and municipal authorities, who are to provide the vacancies for the party to fill. To qualify for the reserve a candidate must be a party member and, at least on the official level, a party supporter.
Secretary of the presidium of the United Russia general council Vyacheslav Volodin confirmed for Kommersant that the party is preparing the project, although he noted that it is still at the stage of development. Kommersant has learned that the idea came from the Center for Social-Conservative Policy, a party organ, and Yury Shuvalov, head of the State Duma department of pubic relations and advisor to party leader Boris Gryzlov. Party vodies are to approve the project this week, and pilot efforts will be underway in individual regions (Adygea, and Kostroma and Amur Regions, for example) by the end of spring. The national launch should take place just before State Duma elections at the beginning of autumn.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Apr. 05, 2007
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