Adults left, there were children. Cargo cult of Donetsk politics
Just a month ago, before the tragic death of Alexander Zakharchenko, politics in the performance of the highest echelons of power in the DPR often bordered on the grotesque. Today, it seems that adults have gone somewhere, leaving unattended children who make up their pretend adult “affairs” - politics, elections. But these games smell of gunpowder and blood.
Elections began with a ridiculous "initiative" of public activists from organizations - blood from the blood of the "Party of Regions" (which is at least obligatory membership in them for state employees?). The extension of the powers of the acting chapters was quite reasonable, and it was quite possible to do without the games of democracy, but a different decision was made. Everything only got worse when Zakharchenko was killed.
The reversal of 180 degrees following the assassination of the head of the DPR, the overthrow of the local policy pillars of Timofeev and Kozakov, candidates unknown for the post of head of the republic, all seemed to predict that what started badly would not end well.
On Saturday, 29 September, an explosion occurred during a meeting of the DPR Communist Party in Donetsk. Four people were injured moderate. Including the candidate for the post of head of the republic, Igor Khakimzyanov. Apparently, the explosive device was without a shell. That is, the people who planted it, clearly did not plan a bloodbath. At least, there is no reason to talk about the elusive Ukrainian DRG.
Already in the evening, local media appeared to believe that the attack was planned in order to draw attention to the candidacy of Khakimzyanov. Igor Khakimzyanov himself called the incident “a fiasco for all services” and expressed confidence that the accusations against him are related to the fact that “they cannot find the guilty, so they are looking for extreme ones. And here the situation is breaking the balance with the elections. ”
On the same day, another candidate for the post of head of the DPR, Pavel Gubarev, reported on the disappearance of his wife Katerina, who was supposed to participate in a meeting of the Free Donbass public movement. The speech at the event should have been about overcoming the factional split and forming a general electoral list. Later, Katerina Gubareva, a deputy of the People’s Council of the DPR, contacted. In her Facebook account, the MP explained her disappearance as follows:
Apparently, we are talking about the "spin" of the political power of the Gubarev couple. Pavel Gubarev would have had a sad experience: in October 2014, an attempt was made on him (doubts caused minor damage on the body of an SUV, which allegedly crashed into a pole), after which Gubarev withdrew his candidacy from the elections. It is not known whether Pavel Gubarev will fight for his main resource in this election, or whether he will step back from political aspirations, as was the case in 2014. Judging by the enchanting beginning of the election race, the struggle can be life-threatening.
What is happening in the DPR is difficult to call politics - it’s rather a cargo cult, attempts to imitate political processes in a situation when global issues are under external control, and all local nuances are solved with the help of power structures, weapons and terrorist attacks.
An attempt to stage democracy failed. Popular Khodakovsky was simply not allowed into the republic. Gubarev deprived of influence in the National Council. An explosive device exploded near Khakimzyanov. What is this, if not attempts to bring gifts to the altar of democracy, while comprehensively getting rid of competitors by methods inherent in the rather totalitarian state?
Was it really worth playing democracy? Wouldn't it have been better to say frankly to the population that there will be no elections, because they are not needed, and the population cannot and will not influence the choice of the candidacy of the head of the republic? Try to somehow argue this state of affairs? After all, what is happening is no longer even the leveling of the electorate’s opinion, it’s a mockery of it and common sense. This is the loss of face and the voluntary surrender of positions to the enemy in the information war. And, of course, this is an insult to the people of Novorossia, who, for the fifth year already, courageously demolished all the wartime.
It remains to hope that no one will suffer in the further process of the “national choice” of the only true head of the republic.
Elections began with a ridiculous "initiative" of public activists from organizations - blood from the blood of the "Party of Regions" (which is at least obligatory membership in them for state employees?). The extension of the powers of the acting chapters was quite reasonable, and it was quite possible to do without the games of democracy, but a different decision was made. Everything only got worse when Zakharchenko was killed.
The reversal of 180 degrees following the assassination of the head of the DPR, the overthrow of the local policy pillars of Timofeev and Kozakov, candidates unknown for the post of head of the republic, all seemed to predict that what started badly would not end well.
On Saturday, 29 September, an explosion occurred during a meeting of the DPR Communist Party in Donetsk. Four people were injured moderate. Including the candidate for the post of head of the republic, Igor Khakimzyanov. Apparently, the explosive device was without a shell. That is, the people who planted it, clearly did not plan a bloodbath. At least, there is no reason to talk about the elusive Ukrainian DRG.
Already in the evening, local media appeared to believe that the attack was planned in order to draw attention to the candidacy of Khakimzyanov. Igor Khakimzyanov himself called the incident “a fiasco for all services” and expressed confidence that the accusations against him are related to the fact that “they cannot find the guilty, so they are looking for extreme ones. And here the situation is breaking the balance with the elections. ”
On the same day, another candidate for the post of head of the DPR, Pavel Gubarev, reported on the disappearance of his wife Katerina, who was supposed to participate in a meeting of the Free Donbass public movement. The speech at the event should have been about overcoming the factional split and forming a general electoral list. Later, Katerina Gubareva, a deputy of the People’s Council of the DPR, contacted. In her Facebook account, the MP explained her disappearance as follows:
“In the morning around 10 I left the house to go to the ramp. I was asked to drive up to the conversation, where I was told that the Free Donbass Congress would take place without my participation. In the list of Free Donbass I was number one. Now I am not on the list at all. After a while they let me go, having given up all my things. Thank you all so much for your search and support! Then she came to D. Pushilin. ”
Apparently, we are talking about the "spin" of the political power of the Gubarev couple. Pavel Gubarev would have had a sad experience: in October 2014, an attempt was made on him (doubts caused minor damage on the body of an SUV, which allegedly crashed into a pole), after which Gubarev withdrew his candidacy from the elections. It is not known whether Pavel Gubarev will fight for his main resource in this election, or whether he will step back from political aspirations, as was the case in 2014. Judging by the enchanting beginning of the election race, the struggle can be life-threatening.
What is happening in the DPR is difficult to call politics - it’s rather a cargo cult, attempts to imitate political processes in a situation when global issues are under external control, and all local nuances are solved with the help of power structures, weapons and terrorist attacks.
An attempt to stage democracy failed. Popular Khodakovsky was simply not allowed into the republic. Gubarev deprived of influence in the National Council. An explosive device exploded near Khakimzyanov. What is this, if not attempts to bring gifts to the altar of democracy, while comprehensively getting rid of competitors by methods inherent in the rather totalitarian state?
Was it really worth playing democracy? Wouldn't it have been better to say frankly to the population that there will be no elections, because they are not needed, and the population cannot and will not influence the choice of the candidacy of the head of the republic? Try to somehow argue this state of affairs? After all, what is happening is no longer even the leveling of the electorate’s opinion, it’s a mockery of it and common sense. This is the loss of face and the voluntary surrender of positions to the enemy in the information war. And, of course, this is an insult to the people of Novorossia, who, for the fifth year already, courageously demolished all the wartime.
It remains to hope that no one will suffer in the further process of the “national choice” of the only true head of the republic.
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