Penza, 4 October 2019. PenzaNews. Documents from citizens willing to participate in the competition for the post of head of the Penza administration have not yet been received by a specially created commission. This was announced by deputy mayor, deputy chairman of the competition commission Ivan Krasnov.

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"To date, no applications have been submitted," he told reporters after the third extraordinary session of the City Duma on Friday, October 4.

According to Ivan Krasnov, since the beginning of the commission's work – on October 2 – only a pensioner, member of the local government committee of the Kamenka village council of Kamensky area of Penza region of the 2nd convocation Yury Voblikov applied to it, asking about the list of documents required to participate in the competition.

"I was a member of the commission 4 years ago. [...] He submitted documents, too. He is active in this regard," the deputy mayor said.

Ivan Krasnov reminded that the competition committee will accept documents until October 16 inclusive, so potential candidates have enough time.

"There are 12 days left. We will soon know everything," he said, calling on the media and the people of Penza to be patient.