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Kharkov chief-elect Gennady Kernes will not attend the first session of the City Council, which is scheduled for December 9.
As the head of the City Council’s Department of Information and Public Relations, Yuriy Sidorenko, told Ukrainskaya Pravda, Kernes will not have time to arrive in the city on the specified date.
“Nobody discussed this date with us (December 9 – ed.). This is the decision of the electoral commission. We planned that the session would take place closer to December 20. He definitely does not have time for the 9, as I have understood, “he said.
At the same time, a city council source said that the Territorial Electoral Commission could set a new date for the first session. The TEC will make a decision on this on Friday, December 4.
Recall that the Kharkiv City Council changed the rules of its work to govern the city without Mayor Gennady Kernes.
Earlier, Kharkiv Deputy Mayor Igor Terekhov said that Kernes would return to the city before December 20.
As OBOZREVATEL reported:
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On September 14, the media stated that Kernes was hospitalized due to the coronavirus and was allegedly in a coma. They diagnosed him with bilateral pneumonia.
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Soon, the mayor of Kharkiv was taken to the German “Charite” clinic for treatment, and on 18 September information emerged that Kernes’s condition had improved. Later, Kernes explained the reasons for the coronavirus infection.
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On October 9, the Kharkiv City Council announced that Kernes would soon return to Ukraine.
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Later, the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Alexei Kucher, said that Gennady Kernes is unlikely to return from Germany before local elections, which are scheduled for October 25.
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Kernes’ children said their father is on the mend, but his appearance resembles that of Einstein and Dracula.
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On October 22, doctors did not allow the mayor of Kharkiv to go live.
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On November 3, information appeared that Kernes had died, but it was denied.
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Kernes’ son Daniil Privalov said the Kharkiv mayor re-elected for a third term should return to Ukraine before the first session of the new City Council on December 20.
