Election campaign in 2017 will be conducted according to the principle of “legitimacy through compliance with the law”, so relief for the candidates is impossible. It is reported RIA Novosti citing a source in the AP Thursday, July 6.
“Approach the point of manipulation, the individual permission not to comply with the law, in order to solve some task — specific to please the opposition, to give the media a picture bright, to simulate the complexity of the political process in a particular region — up today rejects,” the spokesman said.
According to him, this approach will identify gaps in the electoral legislation. It is not excluded that after the election on will undergo adjustment.
The source also stressed that the authorities will not create artificial competition.
June 30 “news” with reference to sources wrote that the presidential administration would not interfere in the political situation in the regions, where 10 of September will be held gubernatorial elections. It was noted that this primarily concerns those subjects where the heads of the regions go to the polls for the first time after the appointment of the acting.
By estimations of interlocutors of the newspaper, the most competitive of the election campaign are expected in regions where the acting heads will be strong in local politics.
Direct gubernatorial elections this fall will be held in 16 regions.