Supreme Court denies registration to Party of Peace and Unity
posted by zaina19 on November, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/3/2007 1:57 AM
Supreme Court denies registration to Party of Peace and Unity
02.11.2007, 20.30
MOSCOW, November 2 (Itar-Tass) -- The Supreme Court has upheld the Russian Central Elections Commission’s refusal to register the Party of Peace and Unity for the State Duma elections.
The court confirmed that the number of invalid signatures submitted by the party exceeded the permissible 5% and the denial of registration was legal.
In addition, the Supreme Court turned down the appeal of the People’s Union party, which was also barred from the parliament elections.
The Supreme Court will hear a similar complaint by the Greens on November 6.
The Party of Peace and Unity lacked only 100 valid signature lists for getting registered. The number of invalid signatures stood at 5.16% or was 0.16% higher than the permissible 5%.
Parties seeking registration needed to collect 200,000 signature lists or make an election deposit of 60 million rubles. The only exception was made for parties, which already had State Duma mandates.
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