Go to the media bankNOVOSIBIRSK, Oct 27 The Legislative Duma of the Tomsk Region made a decision at its session on Thursday , canceling direct elections of the mayor of Tomsk, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Speaking in the regional Duma, speaker Oksana Kozlovskaya said that several public organizations had applied to the regional parliament with the initiative to cancel direct elections of the mayor of Tomsk. This topic caused heated discussions among the deputies and the public of Tomsk, she noted.October 17, 10:28 Former deputy head of the Tomsk region detained on suspicion of corruption «Thirty-four votes in favor … The decision has been made. The next step is for the City Duma, they must decide on amending the Charter (of the city of Tomsk — ed.)», — said Kozlovskaya, also specifying that three deputies voted against, and two abstained. The regional deputies in two readings at once made changes to the law of the Tomsk region «On Certain Issues of Forming Local Self-Government Bodies of Municipalities», which stipulated that now the mayor of Tomsk will be to choose not residents by direct vote, but a competitive commission. In most Russian cities, the mayor is already being elected by special competition commissions, and since 2018, the same procedure has been in place in the municipalities of the Tomsk region, except for Tomsk. Thus, direct elections in the capital cities of Russian regions, with the exception of federal cities — Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, remained in Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Anadyr, Abakan, Yakutsk and Ulan-Ude. 30 million rubles are provided for the mayoral elections. In the appeals of public organizations, these funds are proposed to be directed to solving the most pressing urban problems, including providing assistance to the families of the mobilized.06:58Tomsk regionIn the Tomsk region, they talked about one-time payments to volunteers participating in the SVOGGovernor of the Tomsk region Vladimir Mazur previously advocated the election of the mayor of Tomsk by city deputies through a competition, since the capital of the Tomsk region «needs a head who right now will begin to solve problems that have accumulated over the years.» The governor believes that Tomsk needs a «full master», which the city has not had for two years in connection with the criminal case of the former mayor Ivan Klein. there is practice in almost all cities of Russia. The new election procedure, he said, provides more opportunities for work, and if the mayor fails to cope, he will not have to wait five years for the next election. He also added that the turnout in all recent direct elections of the mayor of Tomsk has always been one of the lowest in the country. In the event of early termination of the powers of the mayor of Tomsk, early elections must be held no later than six months after the termination of powers. The guilty verdict in the case of the elected mayor of Tomsk, Ivan Klein, entered into force on July 29 this year. That is, the mayoral elections under the previous system must be held no later than January 29, 2023. new year celebrations
