The former Governor of the Kharkiv region, the head of the regional branch of the Party of regions Mikhail Dobkin wants to sign up to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko a petition to instruct officials to start proceedings on the fact of circumstances and legal grounds of the destruction of the monument to Lenin in the center of Kharkov, informs news Agency.
on Sunday in Kharkov fell off the pedestal of the monument to Lenin, who tried to crush the demonstrators for the unity of Ukraine. The police opened a case in accordance with paragraph " the destruction or damage of cultural heritage objects ", but immediately closed it, saying that it was the proper order of the head of the Kharkiv oblast Igor Baluty " about the settlement of the situation in the field in relation to the monuments of the epoch of totalitarianism ". Rallies supporters and opponents of the demolition of the monument to Lenin, held on the first day of the week at Freedom square in Kharkiv, has led to several clashes, there are victims.
" He (Dobkin) will appeal to the President of Ukraine with a request to instruct the relevant bodies to undertake a disclosure of the details and legal basis for the overthrow of the monument, according to a report by news Agency.
in addition, they say that the ex-Governor, will require to remove from office the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine, head of the regional police Department, and the head of Kharkiv regional state administration. In his vision, the monument was not destroyed by the inhabitants of Kharkov.
" To implement this planned action were " invited " the inhabitants of Poltava, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk and even Lviv regions ", - quotes Agency the words Dobkin.
before the Mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes said that will ensure that those who are guilty of the demolition of the monument " replied legally ". As informed, responsible for the destruction of the monument, in the opinion of the Kernes, lies on Balute. The mayor said that the monument was on the balance of the municipal enterprise " Kharkovzelenstroy ", and because the Governor had no right to give instructions to its dismantling.
Vandalism relatively monuments became more frequent throughout the territory of Ukraine in the end of political decline, which was accompanied by riots in Kiev and ended with the coming to power of the opposition, who received supervision over the country. The resonance was incident on 1 December 2013, when the radicals dropped from the pedestal of the statue of Lenin in Central Kiev.
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