The Governor of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili has voted on elections of the mayor of Odessa, To the polling station he got on a Bicycle, informs on Sunday magazine.

"To the station on Gagarin Avenue, house 3 he got on the bike. Saakashvili told that he was a very special moment, because in Ukraine he is voting for the first time. He also tried to convince local citizens to be responsible and certainly to vote today ", - reported in the report.

Saakashvili promised that he would "work with all newly elected people. "" of course, there are exceptions. Someone will be better to work With someone - worse, there are some With whom it will be impossible to work. But With the vast majority we will work ", - he said.

Elections of the mayor of Odessa are held on Sunday for the second time in the last year and a half on the background of the ambiguous political situation and the threat of destabilization of the situation in g. Preceding a special Election was held in Odessa on 25 may 2014, following the resignation in November 2013 of the mayor Alexey Kostusev. They won Gennady Trukhanov, who scored 43, 49% of voters came to the polls. In this election, for the position of city Manager of claim 45, 20 parties go to the city Council.

Local Elections are held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. Regional, city and district councils will be elected under the proportional system With open lists, and the deputies of village councils under majority system of relative majority. The results must be determined Before November 4 and made public for five days, and in the case of the 2nd round of elections of the mayor in the big cities - not later than November 20.

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