V. o. The mayor of Chernigov, Alexander Lomako, resigned.
The acting mayor said that he was forced to resign by officials from the military administrations, who, at the direction of the Office of the President, took “the city hostage.” Lomako published a corresponding appeal on Facebook.
According to the official, OVA officials threatened to “plunge the city into chaos” if he refused. In particular, they promised to disrupt budget issues for the next year, completely stop the work of the hospital itself in Chernigov and stop meals in schools and kindergartens.
They told me in simple words: if I don’t do this, they will plunge the city into chaos. And they showed what would happen if I refused: disruption of the budget for 2025, a complete stoppage of work at the city’s largest hospital, lack of payments to contractors working to restore the city, a stoppage of meals in preschool educational institutions, a complete stoppage of public transport, not a penny for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and much more. , wrote Lomako.
Also. O. The mayor announced the disruption of regular sessions of the city council and more than 40 searches in the city council.
Let us remind you that in September of this year, the police of the Chernigov region conducted searches in the Chernigov city council. Investigative actions were announced in the case of illegal allocation of land, acting. O. Mayor of Chernigov. Lomako then said that the security forces had paralyzed the work of the City Council and complained about political pressure.
Also in September, a scandal broke out in the Chernihiv region over the quality of fortifications in the region, which were built using funds from the city budget.
Source: Racurs
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