Cherkasy Chairman Anatoly Bondarenko warned Zelensky that the city would resist persecution for the decision to soften quarantine.
"Cherkassy will resist, remember, Mr. President. If we need to unite Ukraine, we will unite Ukraine, "Interfax-Ukraine said in a video message, posted on Saturday Facebook.
The mayor recalled that Zelenskiy was in Cherkassy stating his intention to go to President.
Bondarenko stressed that the head of state waited for equal treatment of all, in particular, to "people's Servants"-"buttons of", party-businessmen, who violate the requirements of quarantine.
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As it was reported, the head of internal affairs Arsen Avakov threatened the mayor with a cherkasy strict response to the decision of the municipality of the weakening of the quarantine, and president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the city authorities of Cherkasy should be responsible for the decision to soften quarantine of the previously established state
Bondarenko on Friday unveiled a photo of the received subpoena on questioning in connection with early weakening of quarantine restrictions in the city. The report says that he "should appear on May 04, 2020 at 12:00 in the office of the investigator SU HUNP in Cherkasy Oblast to participate in the interrogation... As a witness. "
Lawyer and Nardep serhii Vlasenko ("Batkivshchyna" faction) in Facebook called "public threats from the president of Ukraine and especially non-public threats from one of the heads of his office" obvious evidence of political pressure of the president on local self-government bodies and, possibly, evidence, pressure on the bodies of preliminary investigation ".
At this, touching the "legal consequences" of the decisions in Cherkassy for the city mayor, the Vlasenko stressed that the decision to mitigate quarantine was not accepted by the mayor, and the Executive committee of the Cherkasy City Council-a collegial executive body of the town council.
"There is no criminal responsibility of members of the collegial body for the collegial decision of any bodies (VRU, CMU, any local council, executive committees, etc.) in the Ukrainian legislation",-wrote the Vlasenko, and added that besides "decision of the Executive Committee was not signed by the mayor of Cherkasy."