Penza, 10 July 2014. PenzaNews. The chairman of the regional branch of the All-Russian Public Movement “For human rights” Yuri Voblikov, who gained the fame of the “man-respirator” through an extraordinary approach to conducting various street protest actions, commented for news agency PenzaNews on his intention to participate in the competition for the post of the head of administration of Penza.

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He stressed that he submitted his documents in accordance with the law on Tuesday, July 8, under the slogan “At least one honest person there!”

Yuri Voblikov added that when applying to the commission for the position of mayor, he drew the attention of commission members to the need of promotion of at least one woman to the post of the head of administration of Penza, for example, Larisa Ryabikhina, who currently is the acting city manager.

“What patriarchy we have? Where do we live? Is this a civilized society, or have the men took over everything?” the human rights activist outraged, noting that he does not know the answers to these questions yet.

According to Yuri Voblikov, future competition is the need to choose between “Black” and “White.”

“It would be better between “Honest” and “Thievish,” it would have been more interesting,” the agency interlocutor said.

The candidate for mayor of Penza said that in the case of his appointment to this position, he intends to “hit the hands of all hooligans.”

“We all know that we have such a citizen [Sergei] Lisovol [director of LLC “Start-2005,” Penza City Duma deputy of the fifth convocation from the party United Russia], who, having such a big heart, installs hundreds of thousands of counters without asking citizens, secretly from them. I think it is necessary to reach everyone's pocket with human rights. That is to clarify in what situations the person is entitled to claim, and how not to get robbed,” the agency interlocutor said.

Arguing about the pressing issues of Penza, which require immediate solutions, Yuri Voblikov suggested that the city, which suffered the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster and is located in close proximity to the facility for destruction of chemical weapons in Leonidovka, can only be helped by one thing — the construction of temples.

“We should pray every day and every hour to survive this ordeal,” he said.

Human rights activist, who is critical about the cancellation of the general election, also expressed his proposal for the Internet voting to ascertain public opinion in Penza concerning mayor candidates, which the City Duma could subsequently be able to rely on.

“Let the people decide for themselves. SO that the deputies, when making their decision, were guided by neither greed nor profits or clan interests, fraud, family ties, but the interest of the population, which is the main thing. They [deputies] are the servants of people and must serve them,” Yuri Voblikov concluded.

As news agency PenzaNews reported earlir, there are four candidates for the position of the head of administration of Penza. All of them are men, but the specific names of applicants and their party affiliation has not been disclosed yet.

However, on July 7, the acting vice governor Viktor Rubtsov said that Yuri Krivov, who currently is the chairman of the regional government, was nominated for the position of the head of administration of Penza.

According to him, the decision was made by governor Vasily Bochkarev, who “cannot leave a regional center without the head of administration to the mercy of fate and is giving up one of his best employees.”

The competition for the position of the head of administration of Penza will be held on Tuesday, July 15. An extraordinary session of the City Duma is tentatively scheduled for Friday, July 18.