The order of the head of the dismantling of the monument to Lenin in Kharkiv will examine the Prosecutor's office

The legality of the orders of the head of Kharkiv regional state administration Igor Baluty about the dismantling of the monument to Lenin on the Freedom square in Kharkiv will examine the Prosecutor's office of Ukraine shall inform the Prosecutor of the Kharkiv oblast Yuri Danilchenko.
Activists rally for the unity of Ukraine on September 28, tore down a statue of Lenin at Freedom square in Kharkiv, half an hour before the head of the Kharkiv regional administration issued the order, which was ordered to dismantle the monument, RIA " news " referring to UNIAN. The mayor of the city Gennady Kernes said, that the order of Baluty illegal, and the monument will be reconstructed. 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. Kernes appealed to the Prosecutor with a request to evaluate the actions of the administration." There are two questions that are posed. 1st question is specifically on the fact of demolition of the monument, the second question is about the legality of the orders of the head of the regional state administration (the dismantling of the monument is approx. OPINION). The message came not so long ago, being tested, " said Danilchenko. Remember, in the night of September 29, protesters at the rally for unity of Ukraine piled with pedestal Ukraine's largest monument to Vladimir Lenin height of More than twenty meters in Freedom square in Kharkiv. Moreover, according to the OSCE, the riots in Kharkiv was led by members of the battalion " Azov ". The mayor of the city Gennady Kernes said Kharkiv power will restore the monument on the same site. October 4, on the pedestal of the demolished monument was erected 3, 5-foot oak cross. October 9, installed on the site of the demolished monument oak cross was removed, in its place put the national flag of Ukraine. We emphasize that the vandalism relatively monuments became more frequent throughout the territory of Ukraine in the end lasted 3 months 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. Only for a day and 7 October in Kharkiv region were destroyed five monuments to Lenin.

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