Mayors of Ukrainian cities, went on absence without weakening the quarantine entered from-for it in the conflict with the Central authorities. The head of the Cherkasy city administration Anatoliy Bondarenko, the first ordered to open summer terraces of restaurants, markets, stores, shops, even expressed willingness to lead the resistance to the official Kiev if he did not go for an early easing of the quarantine measures. With details — the correspondent of “Kommersant” in Kiev, Matthew Shimanov.A weakening of the quarantine, signed by Cherkasy mayor, entered into force on 1 may. Anatoly Bondarenko explained his appearance difficult economic situation, which turned out to be a local business after the introduction of the ban on the operation of all food service establishments, markets and food stores. He also said that in the city there is no danger of an outbreak of the coronavirus, however, not told that it allowed him to come to this conclusion.The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky reacted instantly. “Individual heartfelt greetings from the President himself, as well as of the Ministry of internal Affairs and security Service of Ukraine I want to give the mayor of the city of Cherkasy, which, together with the city Council lost the calendar and was going to soften quarantine measures before may 11. This is an attempt to make political rating price life and health of residents. This would have corresponding legal consequences”,— he said in his regular video message to the nation, which are published daily in the pages of the office of the President in social networks.Interior Minister Arsen Avakov warned Cherkasy mayor about the beginning of criminal proceedings against him via Twitter and urged him to cancel the earlier decision about the weakening of the quarantine. “Mr. mayor of Cherkasy you have played! Stop to risk the health and lives of people for the sake of political games! The response will be tough,” warned Mr. Avakov.Meanwhile, the Minister of health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov urgently went to Cherkassy, previously stating that he expects the city’s disaster. “The decision of the city authorities of Cherkasy to open stores, shopping malls, terraces in the food can negate all the work that has been done in recent months, and lead to catastrophic consequences,”— said the Minister.Mr. Bondarenko, the existence of which until this scandal outside of Cherkasy, few people knew, suddenly became one of the most quoted and recognizable Ukrainian politicians. Over the last few days in the city, regional and national media published dozens of his interviews and reviews. They Anatoly Bondarenko not only insists that the weakening of the quarantine is a necessary step, dictated by the disastrous economical��skim condition, but declares readiness to resist all attempts by the Central authorities to close the company resumed work. Moreover, he urged that the mayors of other Ukrainian cities followed his example. “Cherkasy will to resist! Remember, the Cherkasy — free Cossack city. If you need to unite Ukraine, we will unite Ukraine. Remember, nobody defeated Cherkassy”,— said Anatoly Bondarenko in his video addressed to President Vladimir Zelensky.Photo: Anatoly Bondarenko/facebook.samgoody Bondarenko also reported that receives threats from the entourage of the President, and even published the text of SMS messages allegedly sent to him by the Deputy head of the office of the President Sergei Trofimov. “I warned you last time and I advise you to temper your talents. It’s not a threat, and last warning. Tomorrow can be under the checkered blanket,” reads one of these messages.It should be noted that Cherkasy the mayor is not the only representative of the local authorities, the unauthorized gone to easing of the quarantine. So, in Zhitomir from may 1, the city administration has allowed markets and cafes with the condition of customer service only a take away. In the Transcarpathian Mukachevo city hall on may 4, will allow the shopping centres and open for walking parks, despite the fact that it is prohibited by order of the government.Disagreements over quarantine gradually develop into a political conflict between local and Central authorities. So, the mayor of the Dnieper Boris Filatov not only opened on the weekend food markets but also used a scandal around his colleagues Cherkasy, in order to criticize the President and his entourage. In his account on Facebook he said that local government was ready to cooperate with Kiev and promised him every support, but instead of cooperation, the mayors are now facing criminal cases and charges almost separatism.Photo: boris filatov/facebook.com”to Constantly lie. To appoint friends. To give preference to its oligarchs. Spit on the opinion of people. To pressure political opponents by force. We went through so many times. Only you guys got off this slippery slope much faster than all the previous ones,” wrote Boris Filatov.Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovy has warned that the looming conflict in Central and local government may lead to collapse of government. He urged Kiev to stop the harassment of the mayor of Cherkasy, and recalled that the Lviv city administration a few days ago formally proposed that the Cabinet of Ministers to delegate additional powers to local authorities at the time of the quarantine, but the answer is still never received.Photo: znaj.IAS claims�� to the Central government were made by the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Ruslan Martsinko. “The impression is that they want to destroy local government, have opened a bunch of cases at mayors took money from the community, to gain a foothold Ukrainians, banning travel abroad, sold the land, deceived with additional payments to physicians! Support of the mayor of Cherkasy Bondarenko,” said he.Photo: ruslan.martsinkiv/facebook.compromettere that tensions with the Central authorities Mr. Martsinkiv arose not because of the quarantine. On 22 April, the police opened a case on the possible breach of Ivano-Frankivsk mayor of the articles of the Criminal code punishes incitement to national, racial or religious hatred. The case was initiated after a given Ruslan Martsinkiv during the meeting, the city administration’s orders to forcibly expel Roma from Ivano-Frankivsk to neighboring Transcarpathia.”Such unauthorized acts of a local authority is not taking care of people and local business. Is caring about your rating and future political career. If mayors appear substantive proposals on how to help local business, you can always contact the Prime Minister, with representatives of the government and offer your vision some exemptions subject to compliance with all sanitary norms”,— said the Deputy head of the office of the President Sergey Trofimov.The appearance of their own names in the scandal allegedly sent Cherkasy mayor of SMS he called part of a dirty political technologies, is gaining momentum on the eve of local elections.Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government is already preparing for the phasing-out of quarantine, which is to begin may 11. The Cabinet of Ministers insists on the gradual easing of restrictions, since, according to available Ministry of health forecast, simultaneously, and a complete lifting of the quarantine in the coming days will cause the death of 120-140 thousand by the end of this year. Now in Ukraine more than 11.9 thousand cases, 288 people died.
