If Gennady Trukhanov is removed from the post of mayor of Odessa, a military administration may be introduced in the city: sources in the President's Office confirmed such intentions to the editor of the policy department Inna Vedernikova, as she writes in the article “Will Trukhanov govern Odessa after he left the pre-trial detention center?

“If the court removes Trukhanov from office, the office will go to the military administration,” a source in the OPU clarified..

However, according to. 3 st. 50 of the Law " 1 st. 42, the powers of the village, township, city head are exercised by the secretary of the council. The viability of this option is evidenced by the experience of the current mayor of Kharkiv, Igor Terekhov, when he acted as the deceased mayor Gennady Kernes. Although in the case of Odessa, such a compromise figure is unlikely to be the ex-rector of the Odessa National University named after. Mechnikova Igor Koval. Although he went on the list of "

Therefore, in connection with the current martial law, Bankova is quite legal (h. st. 4 of the law on the legal regime of martial law) can take advantage of the situation to introduce military administration in Odessa.

At the same time, some representatives of local authorities in Odessa do not agree with such intentions of the Center.

“We will arrange kipish - it won’t seem enough. There is no reason to introduce military administration in the city. We have a normally functioning city council, we have approved vice-mayors. And the military situation is normal. Odessa is a deep rear, which is sometimes lightly shelled. Listen, in Kharkov, which is very close to the front line, which they are trying to wipe out from the face of the earth, there is a normal mayor and city council. No military administration was created there. What's the point of doing it in Odessa? "

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Sources of ZN. UA does not rule out that the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) may file a petition under Art.. 154–158 Code of Criminal Procedure.

“Even if the court satisfies the conditional petition of the SAPO prosecutors, there is a formed executive committee in Odessa, there are deputies plus a working local council. And there is no reason to introduce a military administration, which, of course, the Office of the President will claim,” ZN said in a comment..

UA mayor of one of the cities on condition of anonymity.

Trukhanov was arrested on May 4 on suspicion of organizing a corruption scheme during the purchase by the Odessa City Council of the bankrupt Krayan plant in 2016.. Investigators believe that the mayor illegally appropriated more than UAH 90 million. On May 5, Trukhanov was released from the pre-trial detention center on bail 13. UAH 4 million, which was donated for him by the deputy of the pro-mayor faction "