In Irkutsk, the first organizational meeting of the Youth Duma was held, where leadership was elected, committees formed, and symbols approved. Young deputies presented initiatives from bike lanes and parking to fighting synthetic drugs and developing transport to remote areas. Duma Speaker Dmitry Berdnikov urged them to actively defend youth interests and not fear seeking support from senior colleagues.
At the first meeting, the Speaker of the Duma Dmitry Berdnikov, Deputy Chairman of the Duma Andrey Khomenko, Duma deputy and coordinator of the Youth Duma’s work Yevgeny Stekachev, Chairman of the Public Chamber of Irkutsk Sergey Shishkin, Minister of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region Pavel Nikitin, political scientist and member of the Supervisory Board Alexey Petrov were present.“Today we are on the eve of the anniversary of the Great Victory. I think that you will take an active part in this event. It would be good if each of you took on at least one significant task and tried to carry it out. In this way, 35 good deeds would be done in Irkutsk. We hope that with your help paid parking lots will appear in the city center and the number of traffic jams will decrease in our city,” said Chairman of the Public Chamber of Irkutsk Sergey Shishkin.
At the organizational meeting of the Youth Duma, the chairman, deputy chairman, and secretary of the Youth Duma were elected. The composition of the standing committees was also formed and their heads were determined. The emblem and letterhead of the Youth Duma were approved. Before that, all the candidates spoke about themselves and proposed their projects. Among them were the organization of bike lanes in Irkutsk, parking lots, combating the spread of synthetic drugs, organizing express routes to remote areas, and others.
The Youth Duma was headed by Grigory Gritsenko, who is the head of the Irkutsk Regional Volunteer Center. The deputy became student Danil Stolbenko, and the secretary - Georgy Shakhmatov. The chairwoman of the committee on culture became Nadezhda Rusak. The committee on sports and youth policy was headed by Arina Krushevskaya. Veronika Zhilkina became the head of the committee on citywide development and transport, and Alexey Selin was elected chairman of the committee on external relations. The committee on volunteer activities and patriotic education will be headed by Alina Popova.
“Your friends, colleagues, and peers voted for you. They entrusted you with their problems and difficulties. Now you will speak on their behalf and defend the interests of young people. Do not be afraid of anything. You have a real chance to prove yourselves. If you need help, support, or advice, do not hesitate to turn to your senior colleagues-deputies, to me as chairman. We are always ready to help,” Duma Speaker Dmitry Berdnikov addressed the deputies.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk city administration.