“We don’t want us to be ruled by amateurs.” Cherkass Mayor Anatoly Bondarenko told NV about the weakening of the quarantine and the conflict with the “center”

In addition, the Mayor of Cherkassy denied previously reported information on the web that additional National Guard forces were dispatched to the city.

“Although I have not seen any National Guard, everything is calm. <...> Who told you that Cherkasy is one of the first steps? [относительно заболеваемости COVID-19?]. This is the Cherkasy region, this is not statistical [по городу]. There are now 14 patients at the Cherkasy City Infectious Disease Hospital. So I think there are no problems, everything is under control and everything works, “said Bondarenko.

The mayor of Cherkasy suggested that his conflict with the authorities was due to the fact that “he dared to argue with the” center “and said what the whole country thinks.” Bondarenko also criticized “double standards ”, which, he said, are observed during the quarantine in Ukraine.

“Separate restaurants and large individual companies work, and small businessmen, citizens of Ukraine should stay right now, they shouldn’t go to the park, go to the pawnshop, some small shop, but they should be at the epicenter in thousands queues, “shared the mayor.

According to Bondarenko, there are no violations of the quarantine regime in Cherkassy, ​​and the decision to weaken it was made so that “download the Epicenters, give small entrepreneurs the chance to survive, and the health and epidemiological situation was normal. “

In conclusion, Bondarenko added that the confrontation between public authorities and local authorities can lead to “chaos in the country”.

“We don’t want to be ruled by the fans that are here today. One government has changed, another: we do not see a normal dialogue between public authorities and local governments. <...> far as I know (they inform me), the temniks have already been prepared in the Servant of the people: how to discredit the mayor, how to turn him into a corrupt official, drug addict and others. Unfortunately, the authorities are new, but the methods are old, “said the mayor of Cherkasy.

On April 30, the Cherkasy City Council decided to weaken the quarantine after massive appeals by businessmen. Non-food shops, hairdressers, summer restaurant areas and a host of other items are allowed in the city.

The actions of the city authorities were condemned by the head of the Ministry of Health, Maxim Stepanov, saying that such a decision would lead to a “disaster”. The Cherkasy region prosecutor’s office announced the launch of an investigation into possible illegal actions by local city council officials.

Cherkass Mayor Anatoly Bondarenko said he was not afraid of criminal proceedings, but of the decision to weaken the quarantine in Cherkassy “restored social justice. “

The quarantine in Ukraine lasted until May 11. After this date, the government will use the adaptive regional quarantine tool; In the event of an exacerbation of infection in certain regions, restrictive measures will be strengthened there, and not in the whole of Ukraine.

As of Monday, May 4, 12,331 cases of coronavirus infection were reported in Ukraine, 312 of them in the Cherkasy region.