The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday, May 25, pleased The case of the Ministry of Justice regarding the liquidation of the “People’s Freedom Party” (PARNAS), reports TASS.
The Ministry of Justice noted that PARNAS does not have representation in half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as required by current legislation.
“The party does not take any initiative to increase the number of regional branches and to eliminate the violations detected. The situation is getting worse, ”the representative of the apartment said in court.
Previously, the party’s regional branches, especially St. Petersburg, Stavropol Territory, Novosibirsk and Yaroslavl regions by court decisions.
PARNAS’s lawyer also stated that he was unaware of the closure and inspection of some regional branches of the party.
According to MSK, as of the beginning of 2023, there were 47 regional branches of PARNAS in Russia. In the process of liquidation since last year, the party has branches in Karelia, the Tyumen region and some other subjects of the Russian Federation.
The publication states that the decision of the Supreme Court has not yet entered into force and can be appealed at the appeals authority.
Suspension of registration
In June 2021, the Ministry of Justice suspended the registration of the People’s Freedom Party for three months. It has been reported that PARNAS has submitted a document for the registration of change about one of the persons authorized to act without power of attorney on behalf of the party.
The Ministry of Justice later stated that the submitted documents did not meet the requirements of the law, and therefore the registration of the party was suspended until September 2.
It was restored after the violations were corrected, but PARNAS could not participate in the elections to the State Duma of the VIII convocation.
In the spring of 2022, it became known that the head of the party, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov (headed the government in 2000-2004 – socialbites.ca) left Russia after the start. Special military operation in Ukraine.
History of the “People’s Freedom Party”
Kasyanov became one of the party’s co-chairs in 2010, when the founding congress of PARNAS was held in Moscow. His leadership also included Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Ryzhkov. In 2012, the People’s Freedom Party merged with the Russian Republican Party.
RPR-PARNAS has declared itself as the “Europe’s choice” party, opposing the current government.
Among the goals of the program were the elimination of the political monopoly in the country, the establishment of public control over the institutions of power, the strengthening of the fight against corruption and the elimination of the economy’s dependence on raw materials.
In the summer of 2015, the name of the political organization was changed again to the People’s Freedom Party, and Kasyanov was elected as its chairman.
In September 2016, PARNAS participated in the State Duma elections for the first time, but did not enter the lower house of parliament and received 0.73% of the vote (11th place out of 14).
Currently, the party has no representatives in legislative bodies at the federal, regional and local levels.
According to the consolidated financial report submitted to MSK, in 2021 PARNAS accounts received 3.3 million rubles received from individuals in the form of donations. Almost all of the party’s budget was diverted to the “maintenance of the governing bodies”.
We add that in March 2023, State Duma deputy Nikolai Novichkov made a proposal to the Ministry of Justice. take into account The possibility of liquidating the Yabloko party. According to him, his political goals “may have signs of extremist activity.”