Journalists from Rivne “reached” the Supreme Administrative Court to oblige the mayor to publish his income declaration
Rivne, April 04 (Navigator, Olga Nikolaeva) – In Rivne, the story continues around the lawsuit filed by journalists of the publication “Fourth Estate” in order to force the city leadership to publish income declarations of their family members. The lawsuit was filed back in 2013, and has now reached the Supreme Administrative Court.
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The Supreme Administrative Court opened cassation proceedings regarding the decisions of the Rivne City Court and the Zhytomyr Court of Appeal on the declaration of the Rivne city chairman and his deputies.
Previously, the courts of first and second instance sided with the mayor and refused to recognize the requirements of the law on access to public information.
According to journalists, Rivne mayor Vladimir Khomko is the only one among the mayors of Western Ukraine who illegally hides his wife’s income.
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