Russia may disqualify 'anti-war' presidential candidate over paperwork errors

Candidate Boris Nadezhdin stands in front of boxes containing signatures supporting his presidential campaign (Photo: Telegram/Boris Nadezhdin).

Mr Nadezhdin, who ran on a promise to restore peace in Ukraine, submitted some 105,000 signatures of support to the CEC last week.

But on February 2, election officials said they had found “surprising” violations among the signatures and invited Mr. Nadezhdin to a meeting on February 5 to review the documents.

"A CEC working group informed us that they found errors in 15% of the signatures I submitted on January 31," Nadezhdin wrote on the Telegram social network.

Mr Nadezhdin said his campaign planned to fight the “mistakes” that authorities said they had found. If his team can prove that 4,500 of the 9,209 signatures that were allegedly flawed are valid, Mr Nadezhdin would be eligible to run in the presidential election in March.

Russian election law requires candidates from parties not represented in parliament to collect 100,000 signatures of support.

"If the Central Election Commission refuses to register me as a candidate, I will appeal to the Supreme Court," said Mr. Nadezhdin.

The official list of presidential candidates will be finalized and announced on February 7.

An anonymous source in Mr Nadezhdin's campaign team told 7x7 news agency that the violations referred to by Russian election officials included incorrect personal information of signatories or lack of notarization on some documents.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-gioi/nga-co-the-loai-ung-vien-tong-thong-phan-chien-vi-sai-sot-giay-to-20240205185947724.htm