The Cherkasy Regional State Administration prepared a lawsuit against the City Council

The regional state administration will appeal to the court the May 1 decision to ease the quarantine in the city of Cherkasy.

The Cherkasy Regional State Administration stated that it had filed a lawsuit in the Cherkasy Regional Administrative Court demanding to cancel the decision to smooth the quarantine in Cherkassy from May 1. This was stated by the press service of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration.

“The Cherkasy Regional State Administration will file a lawsuit at the Cherkasy Regional Administrative Court to overturn the decision of the Cherkasy City Executive Committee regarding the weakening of the Cherkasy City Quarantine. The Cherkasy Regional State Administration also filed a suspension of the decision of the Electoral Commission of the City of Cherkasy until the merits are examined to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to protect citizens, “it was reported.

The State Regional Administration explained its intention to the fact that the decision of the executive committee of the city of Cherkassy contradicts the decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers of March 11 and April 27, as well as the protocol of the meeting of the regional commission on Technogenic and environmental security and emergency situations of April 30.

Previously, the Cherkasy City Council Executive Committee decided to relax quarantine restrictions at the regional center. Therefore, work was allowed in the city for non-food stores, beauty salons, hairdressers, pet stores, workshops, funeral homes, and summer restaurants. Furthermore, citizens were allowed to walk in parks, squares, go to markets and fairs.

The mayor’s office explained that they met with business representatives who, due to the quarantine, were on the verge of survival.

The city government’s decision was criticized by the Minister of Health, and the Cherkassy police opened a criminal case.

In addition, President Vladimir Zelensky recorded a video message in which he reacted sharply to the mayor of Cherkassy’s attempts to cancel the quarantine ahead of schedule and gave him “ardent greetings”.

Later, the mayor of Lviv, Andrei Sadovy, and the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ruslan Martsinkiv, expressed their support for their colleague, the mayor of Cherkassy, ​​Anatoly Bondarenko, against whom a criminal case was initiated due to the decision. to facilitate quarantine.

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