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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Verkhovna Rada Chief Dmitry Razumkov, and Prime Minister Denis Shmygal will not attend the farewell ceremony with Kharkiv Mayor Gennady Kernes. In this regard, the participation of about 50 servicemen from the Kharkov garrison, who had held a rehearsal of the ceremony the day before, the Kharkiv National University of the Air Force named Kozhedub, was canceled.
The military of the Kharkiv garrison will not participate in the farewell ceremony of the mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes, as the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Razumkov and the prime minister Denis Shmygal will not be present.… This was announced on December 22 by the press service of the Kharkiv National Air Force University. Kozhedub.
“At the farewell ceremony and the funeral, the presence of the first people of the state was assumed, therefore, guided by the disposition of the letter, the head of the Kharkov garrison issued an order to involve about 50 soldiers in the ceremony. garrison on the participation of military personnel in the ceremony was canceled “, – said in a statement.
The day before, the military participated in a rehearsal of the farewell ceremony, as it was not known at the time that senior state officials would not be present at it, the university said.
In accordance with the provisions of the letter of the garrison and guard service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an honorary escort is sent in case of burial of persons, in the official ceremonies of which the President of Ukraine, the Head of the Rada and the Prime Minister.
In the second cemetery of the city of Kharkov, a place for the burial of Kernes has already been prepared. The tomb stands in front of the graves of the former heads of the Kharkiv regional state administration, Alexander Maselsky and Yevgeny Kushnarev.
Kernes, 61, has been the mayor of Kharkiv since 2010. In 2020, he won the election again, winning 60.34% in the first round.
Since mid-September, the mayor has been treated for the effects of the coronavirus infection at the Berlin Charite clinic. Kernes’ son Daniel said that after the injury to the mayor of Kharkiv in 2014, he had a weak lung, then a bullet “went through” him. This was associated with a severe course of the disease. The death occurred in Germany on December 16. This was reported on December 17. In Kharkov, a two-day duel was declared.
According to the head of the board of the civil network “Support” Olga Aivazovskaya, the duties of Kernes as head of Kharkov will be carried out Kharkiv City Council Secretary Igor Terejovuntil parliament calls for a new mayoral election.
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