Well then, just one final push remains:
https://www.roi.ru/poll/petition/gosudarstvennoe_upravlenie1/zapret-chinovnikam-i-sotrudnikam-kompanij-s-gosudarstvennym-munitcipalnym-uchastiem-priobetat-legkovye-avtomobili-stoimostyu-svyshe-15-millionov-rublej/ Only ten thousand votes stand between us and the moment when Putin and his government will have to fulfill their campaign promise: Moreover, Russian citizens will become active participants in the legislative process: they will not simply delegate representatives to parliament, but will be able to put forward legislative initiatives directly themselves. Thus, any public initiative that gathers at least 100,000 verified signatures online will be mandatorily submitted for consideration by the federal parliament. The first public initiative framed as a specific and clear draft law is about to collect those 100,000 verified signatures. And it will be RosPil’s draft law banning the state and state corporations from buying cars costing more than 1.5 million rubles (about $45,000 at the time) for officials and employees. We need one last push, and we need it fast. Everyone who has been putting off voting until the last moment—register and vote now. Here’s why. We all understand perfectly well that officials have no desire to give up buying Mercedeses and Lexuses. At the same time, they understand that 99.99% of the population supports our draft law, and they are afraid to simply “kill” it. If you can’t beat them, lead them. That is exactly what they did: that disgusting outfit with the shameful word “front” in its name—the All-Russia People’s Front (a stand-in for United Russia, the ruling party)—introduced its own draft law, setting a 3 million ruble limit on car purchases for officials. The State Duma is proposing to limit the cost of cars purchased with budget funds through public procurement. The proposal was made by Vyacheslav Lysakov, first deputy chairman of the Duma committee on constitutional legislation and state building, during budget committee discussions of a higher transport tax on expensive cars. In his view, a ceiling of 3 million rubles should be set for such purchases. “If regional heads, especially in subsidy-dependent regions, allow themselves to buy luxury cars, that is nothing more than satisfying their own ambitions,” Lysakov said. At the same time, he noted that tuning cars purchased even within the 3 million ruble limit could cost more than the car itself. According to Lysakov, the relevant draft law could be submitted to the State Duma within the next few days. Recall that earlier, State Duma deputies from the “All-Russia People’s Front” (ONF) proposed amending the law “On Public Procurement” to ban officials from buying and leasing cars costing more than 3 million rubles. http://top.rbc.ru/politics/01/07/2013/864123.shtml This draft law is a scam and a fraud aimed solely at preserving the right of various louts to buy expensive cars. First, the amount itself. Have they completely lost their minds? So, supposedly, we are banning officials from buying luxury cars and limiting them to $100,000. Some limit that is. Our draft law sets the cap at 1.5 million rubles, and everyone says that’s too high. But these people are “restricting” themselves to 3 million. Alexander Shestun, head of the Serpukhov district in Moscow Region, is absolutely delighted with such “restrictions”: he is demanding that we buy him a Mercedes-Benz E-Class 4MATIC in the AMG sport trim for 2.5 million rubles.
http://zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=6443695
A fine choice. After all, we all know how wonderful the roads are in Moscow Region, and especially in the Serpukhov district. It is simply impossible to drive there in anything other than a sporty AMG Mercedes. I’d even put it this way: anyone driving around Serpukhov district in anything other than an AMG Mercedes with 18-inch branded wheels and a sport steering wheel is a fool. The people’s servant Shestun clearly agrees with me, and soon we will be buying him just such a Mercedes. And here, by the way, you can listen to this marvelous specimen of officialdom explain why he needs a Mercedes and how, ACTUALLY, HE’S CONSIDERING BUYING A SMALL HELICOPTER.
http://youtu.be/053CaVj5JcQ What is astonishing is how openly Shestun treats the public like idiots: I drive around the district a lot—I can do as much as 100,000 kilometers a month. However, the most popular comment under his YouTube video suggests that citizens still remember their math:
This Putin-backed ONF draft law, limiting purchases to 3 million rubles, was written precisely for Shestuns like him. Second, our draft law covers rentals, leasing, and all the other loopholes used to acquire outrageously expensive cars. I’ll write about that in detail soon. The ONF people mention only leasing, and even then very vaguely. Third, our draft law covers state companies, state corporations, and all sorts of subordinate state and municipal unitary enterprises (GUPs and MUPs), while the ONF’s scam mentions only civil servants. That means our law would apply both to officials and to outfits like “Skolkovo,” “Rosnano,” and “VTB_GAZPROM_ROSNEFT.” If the ONF law is passed, officials will keep riding around in the same Mercedeses—only they’ll be bought by some municipal utility like “City Waterworks,” and that will be that. In short, this is the perfect moment not to let ourselves be fooled. Let’s get to 100,000 votes as quickly as possible.
Source Don’t put it off—register right now, and then vote for our draft law on the Russian Public Initiative website. It really is very quick; you’ll spend more time debating whether you’re too lazy to register than it takes to actually do it. PS Please share this post.