The “For the Family” party did not pass the inspection of the Ministry of Justice

Activists of the Orthodox Christian movement “Sorok Sorokov” failed to register a party that, according to its creators, would promote traditional values. The Ministry of Justice justified its refusal, among other things, by the fact that among the founders of the new political association were people who had gone through bankruptcy proceedings, and they were prohibited from participating in the management of the legal entity. The Patriots are confident that they were treated “worse than a shawarma stall.” From the point of view of the authorities, there is no point in creating a competitor to the ruling party, which works well in the field of traditional values, the expert explains. However, traditionalists can try to go to the Constitutional Court or try to re-register, the lawyer believes.

The Ministry of Justice refused to register the Russian traditionalist party “For the Family!”, about this in its Telegram channel said its chairman, founder of the all-Russian public movement “Forty Forties” Andrei Kormukhin. The main reason for the refusal, as follows from the notice published by the Ministry of Justice, was that in relation to a number of founders of the new party (and the Ministry of Justice interprets this concept broadly, considering as such all participants in the founding congress of the party) the bankruptcy procedure or sale of property was completed.

Meanwhile, the department reminds, by law, a citizen declared bankrupt is not entitled to hold a position in the management bodies of a legal entity or otherwise participate in its management for three years from the date of completion of the relevant procedure. In addition, a number of congress participants had their passport information incorrectly indicated (for example, information about the authority that issued the document), and for one of them, “the information about the last name indicated in the application does not correspond to the data obtained as a result of an interdepartmental request sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.” .

In addition, at the congress two governing bodies of the party were formed at once – the political council and the executive committee, which contradicts the party charter.

Let us recall that the founding congress of the party “For the Family!” passed March 25 in Moscow. The founder of the All-Russian public movement “Forty Forties”, Andrei Kormukhin, was unanimously elected as its chairman. In addition to him, the political council of the new organization, in particular, included Lieutenant General of the SVR Leonid Reshetnikov, Hero of Russia Igor Zadorozhny, military correspondent and volunteer Anastasia Mikhailovskaya. “For family!” calls itself “the people’s party of Vladimir Putin”, considers its mission to be the fight for traditional spiritual and moral values ​​and promises to improve the demographic situation and the well-being of large families. Its founders have repeatedly denied rumors about the involvement of the founder of the Tsargrad TV channel and billionaire Konstantin Malofeev in the creation of the party.

Now the party believes that the traditionalists were treated “like a shawarma stall” and even worse than the “Russia of the Future” party of Alexei Navalny, convicted of extremism: it was at least given three months to eliminate its shortcomings. “We were killed not on the basis of Law No. 95 “On Political Parties”, but on Law No. 129 “On State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs.” Apparently, they were in a great hurry and were afraid that after we corrected the shortcomings in three months, it would be impossible to refuse us. Even at the end of the refusal letter, two identical paragraphs were copied. That’s how much they were in a hurry,” says the statement of the failed party.

A Kommersant source in the political association says that they have not yet decided what they will do next: challenge the refusal of the Ministry of Justice or begin organizing a new founding congress. The decision will be made after a more detailed study of the issue.

Partner at the T&M consulting bureau, Garegin Mitin, believes that it makes sense to do both at the same time. He notes that the Ministry of Justice’s complaints arose directly against the founders, so there is obviously an irreparable violation here: these people have already been included in the minutes of the congress, and they cannot be deleted from there. At the same time, there is a clear conflict between civil law and the law on parties. A ban on a bankrupt from creating legal entities does not mean that a citizen should automatically be limited in the exercise of his political rights, and here a direct path to the Constitutional Court opens, the expert argues.

He recalls that in the 2000s there was a precedent when a party was liquidated by a district court for violations committed during registration by the tax authority. However, this approach has not been developed. As for restrictions for citizens in connection with bankruptcy, they were introduced not so long ago – about five years ago, he recalls, and there was no active party building in these years, so the corresponding practice may simply not exist.

Recently, the Russian authorities themselves have adopted the rhetoric of traditional values. It should even be included in the ideological bloc of the upcoming presidential campaign.

“But “For the family!” – a project that was clearly not agreed upon and of no use to anyone,” explains political scientist Konstantin Kalachev. “Many people think that they can found a party, and then come to the administration and start bargaining, but no: we don’t leave anything to chance, and if something happens, sometimes it will be created, sometimes on the basis of a request from the authorities, and certainly in those niches that have not yet been developed – here we can remember how environmentalist parties appeared several years ago.” But at the same time, there is no point in creating a competitor to the party in power, which works well in the field of traditional values, the expert notes. The situation can only change if the need for broad consolidation suddenly arises, but then party blocs will also have to be returned, he adds.

Anastasia Kornya, Pavel Korobov