Secretary of the Central Committee of Communist Party of the Russian Federation for informational and analytical work Oleg Kulikov (left), chairman of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov (center) and First Deputy Chairman of the Communist Party Ivan Melnikov
Photo: Dmitry Lebedev
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Communists Won't Recognize Election, Will Go to Duma
The Communists are not recognizing the results of the State Duma elections in Russia, calling them unjust and falsified. The presidium of the Central Council of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation has decided to hold protest actions December 20-22, including a march in Moscow, and to dispute the election results in the Supreme Court of Russia. The Union of Right Forces and Yabloko will support the Communists in court. The party lawyers also intend to appeal to the Prosecutor General.
Communist Party observers filed so many protocols from the elections that they have only been able to process 35 percent of them so far. First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Party Ivan Melnikov said that United Russia's results were over overstated by about 5 percent and the Communist Party's understated by about 2 percent. The Communist leader also expressed doubt that the Just Russia Party actually passed the seven-percent barrier for representation in the Duma.
In the meantime, the Communists are not turning down the five seats they are entitled to under the election results as they stand. Central Committee Secretary for Legal Issues Vadim Solovyev pointed out that the Central Election Commission cannot announce the official election results until all complaints have been heard, although an announcement is to be made on December 8. The Party's appeal to the Supreme Court against the election results of 2003 was ineffectual. The European Court of Human Rights hears election cases for up to seven years after the fact, however.
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All the Article in Russian as of Dec. 07, 2007
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