NOVOSIBIRSK, April 21 First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council , Secretary of the General Council of «United Russia» Andrey Turchak on Friday in Novosibirsk opened a headquarters of public support for the party, where he announced plans to support the head of the Novosibirsk region Andrei Travnikov in the upcoming elections in September for the head of the region.
«Governor Andrei Travnikov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council…, Secretary of the General Council of United Russia Andrei Turchak opened a headquarters for public support of the party in the region… Turchak said that the party supports Andrei Travnikov's participation in the elections for the post of Governor of the Novosibirsk Region», — says the regional government.
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the region Andrey Shimkiv, senators Vladimir Gorodetsky and Alexander Karelin, deputies of the RF State Duma Oleg Ivaninsky and Viktor Ignatov took part in the event. To date, Travnikov's position regarding participation in the upcoming gubernatorial elections has not been voiced.
“I would like this headquarters to be just the place for collecting proposals, orders for the next five-year cycle of leadership of the Novosibirsk Region by Andrey Alexandrovich Travnikov, our secretary of the regional branch, during the election campaign,” Turchak said in the message. At the same time, he expressed confidence that the headquarters would exist after the September 10 elections.
In turn, Travnikov thanked the audience for their support and stressed that the headquarters would be open to all «healthy social forces in the region.»
«I would like to say why this event is important, including for me personally. Because in my work I have relied and will rely not only on the party to which I belong, whose regional branch I head, but I will rely on to all healthy, enterprising, active social and political forces that are ready to make efforts together with me for the development of the Novosibirsk region,» Travnikov said. He noted that a convenient communication platform is being opened, in fact a resource center for supporting public projects, initiatives, just active citizens, building relationships with authorities.
Travnikov's term as governor expires in 2023. On September 9, 2018, he won the early election of the Governor of the Novosibirsk Region. 64.52% of voters voted for him.