"You weren't given power to go against the will of the people": A solo picket against the destruction of village councils took place in Abakan.
A man in a marine uniform arrived at the parliament building. Khakassia, and then climbed onto the hood of his Niva. He confirmed to reporters that he was a military man.
"Supreme Council, including United Russia, you were not given power to go against the will of the people. Leave the village councils of the Republic of Khakassia alone," the poster reads.
Traffic police officers issued a ticket to a picketer for violating parking regulations, Abakan 24 reports, citing its source.
"One man is no match for the army," "A soldier? Discrediting the Russian armed forces," local residents commented on social media.
At the end of May, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Khakassia Sergey Sokol and ten other United Russia deputies introduced a bill to transition to a single-tier local government system. On June 19, the Supreme Council adopted the law.
Settlements will be merged into municipal districts within the current district boundaries, and district councils will be created in place of district councils. Direct elections of heads of administrations will be abolished; they will be appointed by councils of deputies. Moreover, the head of the republic, a communist, Valentin Konovalov spoke out against the initiative, but the parliamentary majority ignored his position.
Earlier, NeMoskva wrote that the Krasnoyarsk political scientist Alexey Aksyutenko filed a lawsuit against the Krasnoyarsk governor and deputies who supported municipal reform, which residents of the region have been protesting for several months.
In mid-June, residents also actively protested against the liquidation of the local government system. Altai. Locals called it an attack on the Constitution. The protest escalated on June 12, when several people blocked traffic on the federal highway at the pass. Chike-Taman. After this, protest posters appeared on fences, bus stops, bridges and cars.
Photo: Telegram channel "Free Khakassia"
