Beretsk at a fork in the road: why the municipality is talking about canceling the direct elections for the mayor Different versions In Beretsk, the second largest city in the Irkutsk region, the possibility of canceling the direct elections for the mayor is being discussed. In particular, information about this appeared on the Irkutsk political channel. We remind you that unlike the regional center, according to the federal law on the general principles of local self-government, the election of the mayor by city deputies according to the proposal of the governor is not mandatory here. The authors link the possible solution to the work on the new city charter, and two posts with opposite assessments were published within minutes of each other. The former states that basic democratic norms, including direct elections for the mayor, are excluded from the treaty. In the next step we will talk about the possible positive consequences of such a decision. It should be noted that Beretz is in a critical financial situation, the city is in debt and will not be able to pay off its debts quickly. An economic recession leads to the departure of the population and businesses, which will automatically reduce the tax revenues for the city coffers. "Abolishing direct elections to install a good anti-crisis manager as mayor is the ideal plan. Sacrificing some democratic principles to save the city is a good thing," the post read. After that, it is proposed to turn the mayor into a person from a city-building enterprise, which the authors say will help remedy the situation. Shortly after the aforementioned publications, the Telegram channel "Bartsk News" published a post in which information about the cancellation of the elections was called hype, imposing the point of view of a certain client. The post cites the opinion of the head of the working group for the revision of the Beretsk Charter, Arkady Nesterenko, who said that the group did not hold closed meetings on this issue and the cancellation of the direct elections for the mayor was not discussed in principle.

Beretsk at a fork in the road: why the municipality is talking about canceling the direct elections for the mayor Different versions In Beretsk, the second largest city in the Irkutsk region, the possibility of canceling the direct elections for the mayor is being discussed. In particular, information about this appeared on the Irkutsk political channel. We remind you that unlike the regional center, according to the federal law on the general principles of local self-government, the election of the mayor by city deputies according to the proposal of the governor is not mandatory here. The authors link the possible solution to the work on the new city charter, and two posts with opposite assessments were published within minutes of each other. The former states that basic democratic norms, including direct elections for the mayor, are excluded from the treaty. In the next step we will talk about the possible positive consequences of such a decision. It should be noted that Beretz is in a critical financial situation, the city is in debt and will not be able to pay off its debts quickly. An economic recession leads to the departure of the population and businesses, which will automatically reduce the tax revenues for the city coffers. "Abolishing direct elections to install a good anti-crisis manager as mayor is the ideal plan. Sacrificing some democratic principles to save the city is a good thing," the post read. After that, it is proposed to turn the mayor into a person from a city-building enterprise, which the authors say will help remedy the situation. Shortly after the aforementioned publications, the Telegram channel "Bartsk News" published a post in which information about the cancellation of the elections was called hype, imposing the point of view of a certain client. The post cites the opinion of the head of the working group for the revision of the Beretsk Charter, Arkady Nesterenko, who said that the group did not hold closed meetings on this issue and the cancellation of the direct elections for the mayor was not discussed in principle.