Oleg Tsarev withdrew his candidacy from the presidential elections and called for a boycott of them
Kyiv, April 29 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Verkhovna Rada deputy, leader of the “South-East” movement Oleg Tsarev announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy from the presidential elections in Ukraine.
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“More than two months have passed since the military coup in Kyiv. Representatives of radical neo-fascist forces came to power by force. The situation in Ukraine remains very difficult,” Tsarev stated in a statement posted on Facebook.
“I registered as a candidate for the post of President. My main goal was to use my candidate status to bring the voice of the South-East to the residents of the rest of Ukraine, including Western Ukraine,” he said.
According to him, he tried to establish a dialogue between people, “but the Kiev authorities, in violation of all democratic norms, deprived me of this opportunity.”
“Coming to Kyiv to speak in front of an all-Ukrainian audience is associated with a risk to my life, and participation in televised debates on the UT1 channel using a teleconference was rejected,” Tsarev claims.
“I decided to withdraw my candidacy because I see that in such conditions the candidate status is ineffective. I call on all other candidates - Pyotr Simonenko, Mikhail Dobkin, Sergei Tigipko, Renat Kuzmin and other candidates whose main electorate is in the South-East to withdraw from the elections! The elections, which are taking place against the backdrop of a civil war, must be boycotted!” – the deputy called.
Let us remind you that on April 17, Oleg Tsarev announced that he had become the coordinator of the “South-Eastern Resistance” movement. Despite skepticism about this claim among some protesters, on April 27, Tsarev visited Slavyansk, where he brought humanitarian aid.
Oleg Tsarev withdrew his candidacy from the presidential elections and called for a boycott.