The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, when asked about the possibility of his participation in the presidential elections in 2024, said that the procedure for nominating a candidate from the party should be as democratic as possible, in the current difficult conditions this is a huge job, and a strong team is needed.
» We have long established, in my opinion, an absolutely effective procedure. All local party organizations are nominated, they name the composition of who will participate, in their opinion. Well, the chairman has always been included in this list, this is quite natural, «the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation said on the sidelines of the Council lawmakers in response to the question of whether he intends to participate in the presidential election. He added that according to the results of a secret ballot, he was elected a candidate almost unanimously.
«On the other hand, we have grown a galaxy of very strong intelligent people. We have my deputies and Melnikov a very experienced deputy, and Afonin perfectly knows the situation in all subjects of the Russian Federation, and Novikov is one of the most experienced international ideologists, we have Kalashnikov — a man who knows the CIS and is respected everywhere, Kolomeitsev himself is a production worker, one of the best industrialists, manager and organizer. Our governors have also grown strong, «- Zyuganov said.
When asked whether he would agree to become a candidate if he was nominated by the party, Zyuganov said that «whoever is nominated, in the current conditions, this is not a ticket to Sochi, it is a huge state obligation , load». «In the conditions of the war that NATO, the Anglo-Saxons have declared to us. Therefore, we need a strong team. We have such a team,» he said.
«The nomination procedure, in my opinion, should be democratic,» Zyuganov added.