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The Bureau discussed the declaration submitted by comrades Martyanov and Akimov during the morning session. I will not dwell on their reasoning, although it is incorrect and extraordinarily strange. No one anywhere declared the closure of the Union, and comrades Martyanov and Akimov drew an incorrect indirect conclusion from the congress's decision concerning the League. But even the closure of the Union cannot deprive delegates of the right to participate in the congress's work. Likewise, the congress cannot permit a refusal to participate in voting. A congress member can only abstain from ratifying protocols and not participate in the rest of its work. The Bureau is not proposing any resolution for the time being and is placing this question before the congress for discussion. The declaration of Martyanov and Akimov is in the highest degree abnormal and contradicts the status of a congress member.

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What an absurd and abnormal situation has arisen here. On one hand, we are told that they submit to the congress's decisions, and on the other—they want to leave because of a decision concerning the statutes. Having appeared here as a delegate of an organization recognized by the Organizational Committee, each of us became a congress member. No dissolution of an organization can erase this title. How are we in the Bureau to act during voting?

We cannot disregard those who have left—that is impossible, for the congress has already confirmed its composition. There is one logical conclusion here—to leave the party ranks entirely. One can ratify the protocols by specially inviting comrades from the Union for this purpose, although the congress is entitled to ratify its protocols without them.