This week in Bogdanovich was marked by a stabilization of the political situation: the head of the territory, Vladimir Moskvin, who was legally elected in 2012, returned to his office.

Let me remind you that on August 18, the regional court decided to declare the decision of our Duma illegal
No. 54 of July 6, 2017, which approved the changes made to the Regulations on the selection of the head. A week later, on August 23, the city court ruled to recognize two more decisions as illegal: the decision of the competition commission to elect Vladimir Golovanov as head of the Bogdanovich Municipality and the decision of the Duma to approve Golovanov as head. This was followed by the renunciation of power by the illegally elected head. After which Vladimir Moskvin returned to his office and began to perform his duties as head. Vladimir Aleksandrovich considered it necessary to explain to the Bogdanovich residents what had happened through the media and answered questions asked to him by journalists from the newspaper “Narodnoe Slovo” and BTV.

- Vladimir Alexandrovich, give your assessment of what happened in the first three weeks of August in Bogdanovich?

I can only characterize what happened as a desire of a separate group of people to commit arbitrariness; I cannot call this situation otherwise. I would like to note that all the administration employees withstood the pressure with dignity, did not give up and came out of the situation with honor, understanding that everything that was happening was illegal.

- The illegal head signed various kinds of documents over the course of three weeks. How legitimate are they?

Today we are reviewing these documents. Of course, all documents that are supposedly signed by the head of the territory are invalid. But there are a number of documents that have the right to life, we will evaluate them, maybe make adjustments, and I, as the head of the territory, will sign them. First of all, these are documents that relate to the appeal of citizens and, as a result, the adoption of any decision on their appeal. They will be reviewed as soon as possible. Everything that concerns the adoption of normative legal acts, I repeat once again, they do not work. Today I signed a resolution that invalidated the last two decisions of the Duma (ed.: see resolution below).

- Vladimir Golovanov, having left your chair, appointed himself to pay financial assistance, payment for unused vacation, and so on. Can this be assessed as theft of budget funds?

I would not rush to evaluate and speak out on this matter. I repeat once again: we are now conducting an audit of all signed documents. I think the supervisory authorities will also give them their assessment. Only then will any decisions be made on each specific document.
I think it’s important now to figure out what happened. After all, it was no coincidence that we (me, as the head and regional authorities) took the position that we would defend our legal rights exclusively by legal means, therefore, after the Duma made notorious decisions, we immediately went to court. And the decisions that were made by both the regional and city courts confirmed that I acted within the law and, accordingly, the demands to cancel the decisions of the Duma are legal. Let me remind you that it all started with the desire of a separate group of deputies, I will especially note: it was a separate group, not all deputies took part in what was happening, to change a number of conditions in the Regulations on the selection of the head. But I believe that it is wrong to change the conditions in the midst of the election procedure. And everything that happened in August was a consequence of that incorrect decision of the Duma that never entered into force.

- Vladimir Alexandrovich, it is clear that everything that happened is a consequence of the illegal actions of a certain group of people. Will someone be held responsible for this?

I repeat: I would not immediately assess what happened; we need to understand everything in detail. And then talk about responsibility.

- The city court ordered our Duma to hold the second stage of the elections of the head within ten days...

No, the court did not entrust this to the Duma. The court ordered the Duma and the competition commission to take the necessary steps to eliminate issues that impede the exercise of all constitutional rights of both the head of the territory and the candidates participating in the competition for the election of the head. And he ordered me to report to the court within ten days about what exactly was done. But this does not mean at all that deputies must hold the second stage of elections within ten days. When the chairman of the commission, who is Mikhail Semenovich Astakhov, decides to carry out the work of the competition commission, then this will happen. At the same time, the elections of the head should be held in accordance with the Election Regulations, and not as a separate group of deputies wanted. I must recall my position on the issue of elections of the head, which I have repeatedly voiced: I believe that the elections should be held by the Duma in a new composition, because it is this composition of deputies that will work with the head, whom they will also choose.

- Vladimir Alexandrovich, August is one of the important months of the year, when preparations are in full swing for the heating season, the new academic year, and active work is underway on the layout of the budget for the next year. Three weeks of the month were lost, how did this affect the work of the administration?

I have always said that a well-coordinated team of professionals works with me - my deputies, heads of departments, heads of local government bodies, who never ceased to monitor the progress of all the work necessary today. Today I spoke with the director of the education department, the heads of some schools and kindergartens where major renovations are underway, I must say that everything is going according to plan. Now preparations are underway for September 1st.
As for the heating season. Preparations for it are proceeding as usual; they are under the control of Bogdanovich specialists, the regional Ministry of Housing and Communal Services and Energy, and the prosecutor’s office.
If we talk about budget layout, this work usually begins in the spring. We managed to do a lot long before the events occurred. Today I looked at the control figures for a number of indicators sent to us by the Ministry of Finance. I agree with some numbers, but not with others, because... Our plans were to increase specific indicators. We also still have to work with this, about which I have already held the first negotiations with the ministry.

- So today we can say that Bogdanovich is returning to a stable and calm life?

I can only say that the crisis of power is over. But it’s too early to talk about a quiet life, since a lot of work awaits us ahead. First of all, I am talking about the elections that will take place on September 10. We have to take serious steps: to elect deputies to the Duma of our city district and the governor of the Sverdlovsk region. I am confident that the Bogdanovichites will show civic consciousness and express their position in the elections, because our lives over the next five years depend on today’s decisions.

On the legitimacy of decisions made

Based on the decision of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court dated August 18, 2017 in case No. 3a-397/2017, the decision of the Bogdanovichsky City Court of the Sverdlovsk Region dated August 24, 2017 in case No. 2a-653/17, guided by Article 28 of the City District Charter Bogdanovich,
I DECIDE:

Decisions of the Duma of the Bogdanovich Urban District of the sixth convocation: dated August 21, 2017 No. 71 “On the determination of the print media for the official publication of municipal regulatory legal acts of the Duma of the Bogdanovich Urban District”; dated 08/21/2017 No. 72 “On introducing amendments and additions to the decision of the Duma of the Bogdanovich City District No. 74 dated 09/22/2016 “On approval of the Regulations on the procedure for holding a competition for the selection of candidates for the position of head of the Bogdanovich City District” shall be considered invalid from the moment of their adoption.

V.A. Moskvin, Head of the Bogdanovich urban district.

The meeting of the Sverdlovsk regional court on reviewing the election results in Bogdanovich was postponed to August 17. At first, they wanted to remove the unrecognized head Vladimir Golovanov on August 29, but the court overruled everything. Meanwhile, opponents of the election results will try to convene a City Duma meeting again tomorrow to cancel the results. If there is no quorum, the deputies will be deprived of their powers.

Let us remind you that the regional authorities do not recognize the legality of Golovanov’s election and support the former head of Moskvin.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court postponed the hearing on the claim to review the election results in Bogdanovich from August 29 to August 17. EAN was told about this by the city administration.

“A court ruling has been issued with a new date. Apparently, this is due to the desire of the regional authorities to quickly resolve the crisis, because they do not recognize the results of the August 3 vote. The Bogdanovich administration is now actively preparing to participate in this process,” the mayor’s office told EAN.

“At the same time, no one undertakes to predict what the court’s decision will be. The fact is that the lawsuit was filed even before Golovanov took office - this was done by the lawyers of his predecessor Vladimir Moskvin on his own instructions. Golovanov will appear in court in person. The head intends to abandon the claims. If the refusal is recognized by the court, then that will all end. If the decision is different, say, to cancel the voting results of the Bogdanovich Duma, then it will be strange. After all, Golovanov has all the documents confirming his assumption of office,” say city hall lawyers.

“You see, if the former head believes that only his right has been violated and he asks to restore it, then this should be a different lawsuit and a completely different process. There are different options for the development of events on August 17, and lawyers are preparing,” say supporters of the unrecognized leader.

In Bogdanovich itself, meanwhile, tomorrow they will try to convene a meeting of the city council again. As is known, it was not possible to do this on August 11. Even the pressure of the Sverdlovsk United Russia leader Viktor Sheptiya on seven party deputies did not help. If there is no quorum tomorrow, then conditions will be created for the dissolution of the Duma, Bogdanovich believes: “In this case, until September 10, Bogdanovich will remain without a Duma, and it is impossible to say yet what its new composition will be.”

Now opponents of replacing Moskvin with Golovin are, of course, betting on the decision of the Sverdlovsk regional court. Especially after the failure of Bogdanovich’s Duma meeting. “Even Sheptia’s pressure on the faction did not help to convene... Moskvin is now actively consulting with the governor’s administration, but is trying not to get noticed. But whatever the court's verdict, it can still be challenged. It is also clear that the regulatory documents - acts of the City Duma will be in force until they are canceled by the court,” the mayor’s office summarizes.

The parties to the conflict are careful not to make any predictions. How the situation will turn out tomorrow is also unclear.

EAN sources assure that in the event of open sabotage, the political council of the SRO “ER” has already prepared a punitive document for all those who disobeyed. Apparently, the decision will be delegated to Bogdanovich’s city department to implement. However, deputies can challenge the possible sanctions of the political council in the governing bodies of United Russia in Moscow.

By the way, there is only one deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the representative body, and by coincidence, he did not vote for Golovanov. Therefore, a certain degree of responsibility lies with Victor Sheptia.

“It’s no coincidence that he didn’t even go there - he limited himself to writing a letter. This is due to the fact that in the Bogdanovich cell there is a lot of negativity towards the political council,” say EAN’s interlocutors.

The agency will monitor developments.

The sudden appointment of Vladimir Golovanov to the post of head of Bogdanovich by Duma deputies led to confusion among representatives of the regional authorities. On the morning of August 7, the newly elected mayor tried to hold his own inauguration in the administration building, but he was not provided with premises for these purposes. Vladimir Moskvin, who was supposed to stop performing his duties after the appointment of a new leader, continues to work in his position. He spoke with the candidate for the post behind closed doors. Officially, Moskvina’s secretary confirmed that the head is still in his position, but does not comment.

Head of Bogdanovich's administration Vladimir Moskvin

Members of the competition commission, which reviewed the submitted candidates and decided to admit Golovanov to the second round of the competition, are awaiting a meeting of the city court on the issue of the legitimacy of the election of a new mayor. According to the publication's sources, it is scheduled for August 29. Note that the commission itself was formed at the end of April.

“It did not gather in full force for a long time. A few weeks ago, a group of deputies took the initiative to change the provision for electing the head of the commission, where four members are appointed by the Duma, and another four by the regional authorities. They indicated that the body was competent to make a decision with four votes and deprived (the chairman of the commission, the manager of the Southern Administrative District Mikhail) Astakhova voting rights. The head vetoed this decision, but the speaker of the Duma refused to accept it on the grounds that he was 15 minutes late when introducing the document. After this, the issue of the veto was included in the agenda of the next meeting, but was removed from discussion at that meeting,” said a source of Pravda UrFO in the City Duma.

Bogdanovich’s prosecutor’s office responded to the decision by sending a proposal to the Duma to eliminate violations related to the refusal of the head’s veto. The prosecutor's office, however, refuses to comment on the document or even clarify its official wording. Some deputies even doubt its existence.

“The head explained to me that the prosecutor’s office did not provide anything in writing,” the deputy shared Alexander Mukhachev.

His colleague Vladimir Gustokashin indicates that the document still exists and will be considered at the next meeting of the Duma on August 23-24. According to him, the amendments allowing the commission to choose a candidate with four votes were supported by at least 14 Duma deputies. The deputy also considers the reason “the inability of the commission to meet in full force.” Representatives of the competition body appointed by the governor’s administration have a different point of view.

“There is a procedure for the commission’s work; the schedule and deadlines are determined by it itself. We worked on a normal schedule. There is a provision on setting dates for commission meetings, which the deputies themselves adopted. It does not obey the Duma. The Duma is not a higher body in relation to the commission. The competition regulations do not imply the creation of a new commission. If the competition does not take place, she continues to work. Regarding the work, since there was no meeting, the commission did not make any decisions. We are also waiting for the reaction of the prosecutor’s office,” a member of the competition commission, director of the Department of Internal Policy of the Governor’s Administration told Pravda UrFO Anton Tretyakov.

Lawyers also question the legitimacy of the Duma's decision. According to experts, judicial practice has now been established, according to which such decisions on the selection of the head of a truncated commission are recognized as illegal. Mikhail Astakhov also pointed out in a letter to the speaker of the city parliament that the Duma would not consider a candidate selected by only four members of the commission. However, in the second round of the competition, the deputies did not listen to this opinion.

“Out of 16 current deputies, 5 did not come to the meeting to elect the head. During the voting, 1 ballot was spoiled. Another deputy sent a letter with a statement about voting in support of Golovanov. There are questions about this procedure, how legal it is to vote by letter. A few days before the vote, Golovanov was supported by only 6-7 deputies, but before the meeting, opinions changed dramatically,” says the publication’s source in the City Duma.

As noted by municipal parliamentarians, the election of the head of Bogdanovich has become protracted. In 2016, one competition for the selection of a mayor was already disrupted, where the current leader Vladimir Moskvin and ex-mayor Andrei Bykov were nominated. After this, Moskvin and Golovanov applied for the second competition. City parliamentarians consider the latter to be Bykov’s protégé. Under his leadership, Vladimir Golovanov headed the financial department of the administration.

Former head of Bogdanovich Andrey Bykov

“Golovanov worked under Moskvin for about a year, then left. The confrontation between Bykov and Moskin began almost immediately after the latter’s election. There were attempts to open criminal cases against employees of the administration of the new head. The former 3-term mayor led Bogdanovich. Moskvin decided to conduct his own financial audit of his activities and hired auditors who checked, in particular, the expenditure of funds on the reconstruction of boiler houses. The 130 thousand rubles that Moskvin is now accused of embezzlement were spent on auditors. But he is not afraid of trial - apparently, he has some kind of document that he can present in his justification,” says the publication’s source in the Duma.

At the same time, the ex-mayor and the current head, according to deputies, continue their confrontation on the electoral field - each of them has formed groups of candidates for the municipal duma of the new convocation in all districts. Parliamentarians include colleagues among Bykov’s supporters Vladimir Grebenshchikov, Tatiana Lakia, Viktor Loskutov, Leonid Nokhrina, Gennady Levchenko, Vladimir Gustokashin. Among the deputies supporting Moskvin are: Rudolf Kostromin, Alexandra Mukhacheva, Valeria Eredzhepova, Valentine And Boris Gourmands.

“Bykov is in dire need of forming his own majority in the Duma, since the option was considered in which Golovanov voluntarily relinquishes his powers, and the new Duma will re-elect Bogdanovich Bykov as head. A number of entrepreneurs also support him,” the publication’s source in the Duma shares his vision of what is happening.

However, in the current situation, a new competition is unlikely to be scheduled after the Duma elections. “In the situation that is now arising, taking into account the active position of the deputies related to imposing their position on the commission, I consider it advisable to meet after the election of the new composition of the Duma and make a decision. The Duma outlined its position at a meeting of part of the competition commission and at the meeting when it chose Golovanov,” says Anton Tretyakov.

Regional Duma deputies familiar with legal conflicts assess the Duma’s appointment of Golovanov as “Bykov’s desire to play all-in.” However, thanks to the prompt intervention of the prosecutor's office, the attempt at an illegitimate change of management in the municipality was stopped. Regional authorities are keeping the situation under control.

"" will continue to monitor developments.

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In the small Sverdlovsk town of Bogdanovich, with a population of 30 thousand, there is a huge political scandal. Mayor Vladimir Moskvin, elected in March 2012 and not resigning at the end of his five-year term only because the competition commission did not find a worthy candidate to take his place, is not going to give up power. For him - the administration of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region and the directors of the leading industrial enterprises of the city. Elected by the City Duma on August 3 Vladimir Golovanov is also not going to vacate the mayor's chair. He has already been inaugurated and signed a document stating that he has taken up his duties. But regional authorities and directors of local enterprises declare its illegitimacy.

Who's in the competition?

The background of the scandal is long and is connected with the attempts of the previous team to return to governing the city. From 2000 to 2012, Bogdanovich headed Andrey Bykov. On March 4, 2012, he ran again in the elections, but lost. The majority of city residents cast their votes for Vladimir Moskvin.

This was the last direct election of the head in the history of the city. In 2016, the procedure was revised. Now the new mayor is “selected” by deputies of the city duma on the proposal of the competition commission.

The old team was thirsty for revenge and waited until Moskvin’s term ended on March 4, 2017. On December 19, 2016, the City Duma announced a competition to fill the position of head of the city district. The first stage of the competition took place from January 20 to February 24, 2017. More than 10 candidates applied for it, including Bykov and Moskvin. The second stage was already in April. And... the competition failed. The competition commission found that none of the candidates is suitable for the position of head of the municipality. They lack knowledge and skills, the commission decided.

As a result, Moskvin remained as head. And on April 27, the Duma announced a second competition. By June 8, 15 people had submitted documents to participate in it. Among them are Moskvin, as well as Vladimir Golovanov, who during the time of Andrei Bykov headed the financial department of the mayor's office. Between the first and second stages, an event occurred that the media did not write much about. On July 6, deputies changed the regulations on the competition. However, Moskvin vetoed these amendments. Despite this, it was published without the signature of the head and not in the official publication of the administration of the Bogdanovich urban district.

At that time, few people imagined that this would become the impetus for a political scandal, dual power and lawlessness.

Are MPs outlaws?

On August 2, according to the amended, but not approved by the mayor, competition regulations, a meeting of the competition commission was held. It took place without representatives of the governor. Its participants presented two candidates to the deputies: Vladimir Moskvin and Vladimir Golovanov. On August 3, a meeting of the City Duma took place. The deputies voted unanimously for Golovanov; no one supported Moskvin.

The illegality of changing the regulations on the competition has already been confirmed by the prosecutor's office. The Duma did not hold a second meeting to override the city mayor’s veto on the amendments, and even published the decision he did not make not in Bogdanovich’s official newspaper “Narodnoye Slovo”, but in the newspaper “Our Bogdanovich”. Thus, the procedure for the adoption and publication of the normative act was violated, the supervisory agency considered. Chairman of the City Duma Vladimir Grebenshchikov The prosecutor's office submitted a motion demanding that violations of the law be eliminated.

“Within the powers of Part 13 of Art. 35 of the Federal Law of 06.10.2003 No. 131-FZ “On the general principles of organizing local self-government in the Russian Federation”, the head of GL Bogdanovich, using the exclusive right of veto, promptly returned the normative legal act with a justification to the representative body on 07/14/2017 (by email) and 07/17/2017 (on purpose).

However, the Duma of the Bogdanovich city district ignored the requirements of the law - without holding a second meeting, it published the above decision of the Duma without the signature of the head of the Bogdanovich city district.” , says Bogdanovich’s prosecutor’s office’s submission to the Chairman of the City Duma Grebenshchikov.

The prosecutor's office demands that the city council eliminate the identified violations of the law. This means that deputies will have to cancel the decision they made.

Four of the eight members of the competition commission also had their say, without whom, on August 2, candidates were identified for presentation to the City Duma. “In the election of the head of the Bogdanovich city district, an unacceptable situation has arisen involving a gross violation of the current legislation,” they said in an appeal addressed to Moskvin, city Duma deputies and city residents.

“After the announcement of the competition, during the work of the competition commission, on the eve of the second stage, when the commission, in the presence of representatives of the public, hears the candidates’ programs, the Duma of the Bogdanovich City District made changes to the procedure for holding the competition. The procedure and practice of holding competitions for the selection of candidates for the position of heads of municipalities do not provide for changes in the conditions of the competition during its holding. Changing the procedure for holding a competition during the competition is contrary to both the law and common sense.” , says the text of the appeal.

“Mikhail Semenovich Astakhov, Chairman of the competition commission for the selection of candidates for the position of head of the Bogdanovich city district, Manager of the Southern Administrative District of the Sverdlovsk Region, informed the members of the commission that meetings of the commission in accordance with the “new” regulations cannot be attended, because all decisions will be made in advance in violation of the law. However, some of the commission members who were appointed by the City District Duma, guided by the amended provision that was contrary to the law, met without a quorum and, by a minority of votes, decided to present to the City District Duma a candidate for the post of head of the city district. Duma deputies voted for this candidate, despite warnings about the illegality of these actions. We believe that the commission for selecting candidates for the post of head of the Bogdanovich city district did not make a legal decision to present the Duma of the city district with a candidate for the post of head of the city district. We believe that the Duma deputies of the Bogdanovich urban district should not have voted for a candidate presented on the basis of an illegal decision. The prosecutor's office made a presentation to the Duma of the Bogdanovich urban district about a violation of the law. We call on the Head of the Bogdanovich urban district, V.A. Moskvin, and the deputies of the Duma of the Bogdanovich urban district to take all necessary actions to restore order and legality in the election of the head of Bogdanovich." , - said in the appeal.

It must be said that among the members of the commission left behind by the Bogdanovich Duma were well-known people with positions. This is the Minister of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Kudryavtsev, Director of the Department for Interaction with Local Government Bodies of the Governor Natalia Sokolova, as well as director of the internal policy department of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region Anton Tretyakov.

Conflict from 2012

Relations between Moskvin and the City Duma have been difficult before. And by the end of his reign they completely deteriorated. At the June meeting of the local representative body, deputies gave the head of the city an unsatisfactory assessment for his work in 2016.

To understand the reason for the friction between the head and the deputies, you need to remember the history of the city’s development in recent years. From 2000 to 2012 the municipality was led by Andrey Bykov. He was going to lead the city for the fourth time. But in the elections that took place on March 4, 2012, fortune turned away from him. With a voter turnout of 56.76%, only 7,130 people or 30.94% of citizens who cast their votes voted for him. 58.47%, or 13,474 voters decided that the independent candidate Vladimir Moskvin should become the head of the city. Their votes decided the fate of the elections and the city.

The fact that Andrei Bykov lost is not surprising, say local residents. According to them, by the end of his reign, Bykov “turned from an excellent mayor into an ordinary one.” The city economy was destroyed. The maternity hospital and some other important institutions in the city were closed. The municipality has accumulated multi-million dollar debts for gas.

Vladimir Moskvin came to the mayor's office from OJSC Ogneupor, where from 1994 to 2012 he worked his way up from a foreman to the head of an energy department. He had to clean up the difficult legacy of his predecessor. The debts were paid, and the city economy began to gradually revive. It was not possible to solve all the inherited problems, but, as the townspeople admit, they breathed freely - Bogdanovich began to be reborn.

The positive dynamics are indirectly reflected in the city budget figures. The volume of revenues for 2017 approved in December 2016 is 1 billion 429 million 328.5 thousand rubles, and expenses are 1 billion 436 million 400.5 thousand rubles. The budget deficit is 7 million 072 thousand rubles - twice as much as it was in 2016.

But, as local residents note, representatives of the old team did not give up trying to take revenge. On the same day, March 4, 2012, a new composition of the Bogdanovich Duma was elected. The mayor of the city periodically had conflicts with her. Deputies even complained about the mayor to the head of the region Evgeniy Kuyvashev. Nevertheless, Moskvin completed his term of office. In the spring he had to either be elected for a new term or give way to a successor. In 2016, the system for electing the head of the city changed: now the mayor is not popularly elected in direct elections, but is selected by city Duma deputies on the proposal of a competition commission.

Both Moskvin and Bykov entered the spring competition. The second stage of the competition took place in April. Some deputies of the City Duma spoke in support of Bykov. In a letter to the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, they noted his services to the city during his 12 years of rule. But members of the competition commission came to the conclusion that none of the candidates has sufficient skills and knowledge to work as the head of the city.

As a result, Moskvin continued to lead Bogdanovich. In May, the City Duma announced another competition. 15 people applied for him, including Moskvin and Vladimir Golovanov, who under Bykov headed the financial department of the mayor’s office. Bykov himself did not apply for participation in the competition this time.

Before the second stage of the competition, on July 6, the Duma deputies changed the position. The chairman of the commission was deprived of the right to cast a decisive vote, and the quorum for decision-making was also significantly softened. The Duma decision was sent to Moskvin for signing. But he vetoed the document. Along with the legal procedure for overcoming a veto, the Duma publishes its new document in an ordinary private newspaper. Thus, violating the procedure for the adoption and publication of a normative act.

Meanwhile, the candidacies of Golovanov and Moskvin are being put to the vote of deputies. On August 3, at their meeting, the deputies decided on their mayor. 11 of them voted for Golovanov. No one supported Moskvin. To be fair, we note that four deputies simply did not come to this meeting. In general, since the election of the deputy corps, the Duma has been undermined: out of 20 deputies, only 16 remained. Minus 20%.

Autumn is approaching. Not elective. Real

Observers have already regarded the latest events as an attempt by the previous team to return to governing the city. But the situation did not go according to their scenario. A number of experts consider the cause of the scandal to be pre-election. campaign: On September 10, Bogdanovich residents will have to elect a new council. It is possible that in this way some deputies decided to remind voters of themselves. However, it is possible that their attempt was a success, but with a minus sign. The heads of leading city enterprises have already announced that they will put a barrier in the way of those who provoked this scandal.

“On the eve of the elections of the new convocation of the Duma, the current deputies of the Bogdanovich city district deliberately violated the legislation on the election of the head and in a short time, in the absence of the chairman of the commission and all members of the representatives of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region, without involving the public, elected a new head of the city district.

Today, the competent authorities are involved in everything that happens in our city. The prosecutor protested against the illegal actions of Duma deputies.

We believe that by such actions the deputies not only discredited themselves, but also called into question their professional qualities and care for the city district and its residents.

We, the leaders of large city enterprises and organizations, in the current situation, are making a serious decision to nominate and support worthy, competent, and passionate about their territory candidates from our enterprises and organizations for the new convocation of the Duma. We will do everything in our power to elect them.

We believe that the head of the city district should be elected by the new composition of the Duma - deputies in whom the population will express their trust by voting for them in the elections in September, and not by current deputies who have discredited themselves.” , - says the statement of the “Board of Directors”.

No one can yet predict how the confrontation in Bogdanovich will end. The position of the heads of local factories is known. The position of the administration of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region has been clearly stated. Regional officials recognize only Vladimir Moskvin as mayor: he will remain at the head of Bogdanovich until the court resolves the issue of challenging the actions of the competition commission committed under the new version of the regulation, which the prosecutor’s office recognized as illegal.

The hearing will take place in the Bogdanovich City Court either at the end of August or at the beginning of September. The parties are determined and do not intend to give up. Meanwhile, autumn is inexorably approaching. Not elective, but real, Ural.

Will they have time to prepare the city for the heating season amid political squabbles?

A scandal erupts in Bogdanovich over the election of a new head of the city district. Deputies of the local Duma independently dismissed the current mayor, Vladimir Moskvin, against whom a criminal case was opened for embezzlement of 130 thousand rubles from the budget. And then the people’s representatives, without the consent of the competition commission for the selection of candidates, which includes the regional government, elected the new head of the city, Vladimir Golovanov. Moreover, the City Duma made all the changes to its charter for the mayoral elections literally on the fly.

During the elections for the head of the Bogdanovich urban district, an unacceptable situation arose, associated with a gross violation of the current legislation, says the competition commission for the selection of candidates for the position of head of the Bogdanovich urban district, which includes representatives of the regional government. - The head of the city district Bogdanovich is elected by deputies from among the candidates presented by the competition commission for the selection of candidates for the post of head of Bogdanovich. The competition commission acts in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Duma of the Bogdanovich urban district.

However, as it turned out, during the competition for selecting candidates that had already begun, City Duma deputies changed the rules for electing the head of the city.

The procedure and practice of holding competitions for the selection of candidates for the position of heads of municipalities do not provide for changes in the conditions of the competition during its holding, the competition commission explains. - Changing the procedure for holding a competition during the competition is contrary to both the law and common sense.

As a result, the regional government refused to consider the elections legitimate. Now the position of the administration of the Sverdlovsk governor is this: until the court puts an end to this dispute, the authorities consider Vladimir Golovanov, who was dismissed by local deputies, to be the current head of the city.

By the way, local deputies did not call the chairman of the Bogdanovsky district election commission to elect a new head of the city.

“I did not receive an official invitation,” the chairman of the commission, Elena Sobyanina, explained to KP. - I myself expressed a desire to attend this meeting. But they didn’t familiarize me with any documents. I was just a bystander.

The election of the new head of the city took place while the Chairman of the City Duma, Vladimir Grebenshchikov, was on vacation. His duties are now performed by Yevgeny Lyapustin, who said that he does not consider the election of the new head illegal.

We have just had the inauguration of the elected head. - Lyapustin explained to KP. - I don’t know why the regional authorities refused to consider it legitimate. I don't know what approvals we should have had. Nobody agreed on anything with me. I participated in the elections. The election is legitimate and today the new head took the oath. We have done everything legally. The Duma approved it. The region knows about this. The prosecutor's office conducted an investigation into our amendments and made a submission. But she did not see any significant violations. Everything is legal.

The head of Bogdanovich, elected by local deputies, Vladimir Golovanov, refused to comment, citing his busy schedule.

Meanwhile, the prosecutor's office itself stated that the check has not yet been completed.

Currently, an investigation into this fact is being carried out, the prosecutor’s office of the Sverdlovsk region told KP-Ekaterinburg. - We will inform you about her ruzeltats later.