The monument to Lenin in the center of Kharkov was demolished illegally - the court went against Governor Poroshenko
Kharkov, November 24 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – The Kharkov District Administrative Court declared the demolition of the Lenin monument in the center of Kharkov illegal.
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Today a court hearing was held to consider the administrative claim of the Kharkov City Council against the Chairman of the Kharkov Regional State Administration Igor Baluta and the Kharkov Regional State Administration to cancel the governor’s order of September 28, 2014 No. 517 “On resolving the situation in the region regarding monuments of the era of totalitarianism.”
“The Kharkov District Administrative Court partially satisfied the claim of the Kharkov City Council, canceling the order of the chairman of the Kharkov Regional Administration regarding “taking measures to dismantle the Lenin monument located on Freedom Square in Kharkov, in accordance with the requirements of the current legislation.” The rest of the claim was left unsatisfied,” the statement said. press service of the Kharkov regional state administration.
This court decision has not entered into force and will be appealed in accordance with the established procedure.
They promise to appeal the decision to the Kharkov City Council. “The governor violated the Law of Ukraine “On Local Self-Government.” Before issuing such an order, it was necessary to inform the city council as the representative of the owner of the monument. The chairman of the regional administration exceeded his authority to dismantle the monument to Lenin,” said Deputy Director of the Legal Department of the City Council Konstantin Prokopyev, quoting him press service of the City Council. “Protecting the monument was and remains the task of the regional state administration, and the Regional State Administration was obliged to prevent the destruction of the monument to Lenin, since it coordinates the activities of law enforcement agencies,” Kernes insists.
As PolitNavigator reported, On September 28, participants in a pro-Ukrainian rally in Kharkov left monument to Lenin standing on Freedom Square. Chairman of the Kharkov Regional State Administration Igor Baluta issued an order to dismantle the monumentwhen this process was already underway. After thisthe main case against the radicals was closed. Kharkov mayor Gennady Kernes said that the monument will be restored and went to court, but lost the case on this issue in the lower courts. In particular, on November 19, the Kharkov Administrative Court of Appeal rejected the Kharkov City Council’s appeal in the case of suspending the order to dismantle the Lenin monument.
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