Zaporozhye elected a new head of the regional council

43 deputies voted for the head of the regional council. The newly elected president thanked the trust and pointed out that “ZNR will never be here.”

In Zaporozhye, on Tuesday evening, December 15, the president of the regional council was elected. He was the candidate of the People’s Servant, the current chairman of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration, Vitaly Bogovin. This is indicated in the decision of the regional council.

“The Zaporizhzhya Regional Council decided to elect Vitaly Viktorovich Bogovin as its president,” the document says.

Bogovin himself wrote on his Facebook page that they tried to disrupt the vote.

“Despite aggressive political attacks and several attempts by the pro-Russian party to disrupt the vote, the chairman of the Zaporozhye regional council was elected,” Bogovin said.

He added that 43 candidates approved it.

“Thank you for your trust! Today together we gave a decisive rejection to the Russian aggressor. ZNR will never be here!” Wrote the new head of the Zaporozhye Regional Council.

According to Interfax-Ukraine, representatives of the European Solidarity Party faction in the Zaporozhye Regional Council stated that “during the so-called vote, the deputies were forced to vote again to obtain the necessary 43 votes. they were not allowed there. “

Before the vote, there were disputes between members of the OLE and Siervo del Pueblo parties. It is noted that the police were on duty at the scene.

Earlier, we reported that the deputies barely elected the head of the Odessa Regional Council. A fight broke out in the session room, equipment, tables and chairs were broken.

Before that, it became known that the SBU was conducting a search on the former head of the Odessa Regional Council. The searches are related to possible infractions of the tax legislation.

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