The mayor of Kharkiv Kernes wishes to register again as a candidate for the position of head of the city
The mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes said again that wishes to participate in local elections and re-register as a candidate for the position of head of the city.
"I can assure you that I will participate in the elections and is confident of victory," said Kernes.
Plans to retain the post of mayor after the October elections Kernes stated at the end of June. He noted that in Kharkiv there is a high level of trust to the mayor.
however, the Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine first filed a case against Kharkiv mayor and his guards. Blame them in the kidnapping and beating of participants of "euromaidan" in March of last year. If guilt Kernes will prove, he faces five to 10 years of imprisonment. The mayor of Kharkiv rejects all charges in your own address.
Local elections are scheduled in Ukraine on October 25. Parliament first passed a law that defines the rules of Their conduct. Now the oblast, city and district councils will be elected by proportional representation with the so-called open lists, and the election of people's deputies of village and settlement councils - the majority system of relative majority. In the election will not be eligible blocks of political parties, the electoral threshold for parties increased from 3% to 5%.