The upcoming elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk region and the change in the boundaries of constituencies compelled Deputy Timur Sagdeev of the Regional Parliament to temporarily leave his comfortable position as the chairman of the control activities commission on the fourth floor of the “gray house” and go on a New Year’s trip to remote northern regions.
In the current session of the Legislative Assembly, Timur Sagdeev represents single-mandate constituency No. 12, whose boundaries will undergo significant changes in the upcoming elections. The entire Bratsk district has now been added to the Nizhneudinsky district instead of a small part, as it was previously. Consequently, the deputy, as the people’s choice, had to embark on a New Year’s trip to win over the voters, the results of which the deputy himself elaborated on in detail on his page on one of the now prohibited social networks.
After careful examination of the posts and photos documenting this trip, three main aspects that the deputy is relying on in the upcoming election campaign can be identified: pledges, meetings, and praise for the “leading and guiding” party, comprised entirely of “conditionally sacred” members. It is without doubt that Timur Rinatovich’s tour had an already pre-election nature. No promises are spared for this purpose.
The deputy visited the Bratsk regional hospital, stating that everything achieved there was thanks to the “people’s program” developed by United Russia at the behest of the residents. He also recollected an important meeting of the health committee, which he initiated in the previous session of the Legislative Assembly. This pertained to the construction of a new district hospital in Tanguy, which only commenced in 2022. Considering that the five-year term of the current composition of the regional parliament is coming to a close, it is hard to determine whether the time elapsed from the decision to the start of construction is an achievement of over seven years.
But Timur Rinatovich remains optimistic – he engages in discussions on the future steps to be taken. He plans to carry out the second stage of the project on FAPs in Karakhunsky, Shumilovsky, Ilirsky, Naratai municipalities – to replace 20 old buildings with modern ones and equip them with new facilities. Furthermore, some facilities must first be included in the federal state program, as they will not be added automatically. Let’s get to work, he says, there are no insurmountable issues. Given the pace of decision implementation regarding the construction of the aforementioned district hospital, it is time to recall the classics. In the sense that “I don’t have to live in this beautiful time – neither me nor you.”
Subsequently, the itinerary included a joint visit with Mayor of the Bratsk District Alexander Dubrovin to the Vikhorevsky Museum of Local Lore, where the deputy posed artistically with a harpoon in his hands against the backdrop of a stove.
True, the people’s choice admitted, there are enough problems there, including housing and communal services, heating – it’s cold, drafts. We decided to replace the windows, install double-glazed windows, so that it immediately became better. As usual, they promised to use all support mechanisms. There are so many of them – the party project “Culture of a small Motherland”, the “people’s program” of United Russia. It is only a pity that before the arrival of the distinguished guest, none of the local party members, having such beautiful mechanisms, was puzzled by the problems of the museum. In everyday life, it is somehow not needed, another thing before the elections! The same generous promises were made in the Tayozhny sports complex.
After that, the parliamentarian pampered his electoral fiefdom – Nizhneudinsky district, where he held a reception of citizens in the public reception room of United Russia and conferred with the leadership of the district. Everything is in the best traditions: a kind gentleman from the province comes, gathers local officials and jointly listens to walkers and complainers, promising to help without fail. As if no one knew about the problems of people before. Judging by the photographs, Timur Rinatovich is already very eager for collective action – to collect all kinds of meetings and pose against the backdrop of extras.
However, local officials are not out of luck. For example, following the results of his voyage, Timur Sagdeev petitioned for the award of a diploma of the Legislative Assembly to the mayor of the Bratsk region, Alexander Dubrovin. The corresponding post with a bunch of enthusiastic words, of course, was attached.
Either the mayor of the district received and conducted excursions well, or the loyalty of local authorities in the elections must be ensured in advance. And not just promises.
