Navalny party has chances of getting registered if it files documents in accordance with law - justice ministry
MOSCOW. April 2 (Interfax) - Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov said the Progress Party led by Alexei Navalny has chances of getting registered if its documents are filed in accordance with legislation.
"There is always a chance if the documents that are filed for registration are fully in line with the federal legislation. The time period is also established by the law," Konovalov said ion Thursday, responding to a question from Interfax as to whether Navalny's party has a chance of being registered and when the Justice Ministry will consider the issue.
The Progress Party was officially registered with the Justice Ministry on February 25, 2014.
In late November 2014, the Justice Ministry press service told Interfax the decision to include the party in the list of parties that have the right to participate in elections or to invalidate its registration certificate would not be made until the agency received court rulings on complaints against the actions by its territorial departments.
According to earlier reports, the Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court on January 28 declined the Progress Party's lawsuit against the Russian Justice Ministry, upholding the ministry's actions. In their lawsuit, the claimants alleged that the Justice Ministry's decision not to include the Progress Party in the federal list of political parties that have the right to participate in elections was illegal and asked the court to order the ministry to correct what the party saw as irregularities.
On March 30, the Moscow City Court upheld the Justice Ministry's refusal to include the Progress Party in the register of parties that have the right to run in elections, an Interfax correspondent has reported, citing a decision made by the judicial collegium on civilian cases read on Monday. The court declined the complaint filed by representatives of the party Progress, upholding the district court law ruling. Dmitry Krainev, a lawyer for the party, said he intends to file an appeal.