A member of Luhansk City Council, Roman Landik, was elected to the city council in a majority constituency, and he can be deprived of his deputy mandate only at his own request or on the demands of his voter, Luhansk Mayor Serhiy Kravchenko told Interfax-Ukraine.
"Residents of the constituency that voted for Roman Volodymyrovych Landik have to address the city council with a request to recall the deputy. We did not receive such applications from people. If there are any, we’ll consider them," Kravchenko said.
According to the head of the interior policy and information department of Luhansk City Council, Oleksandr Savenko, it is too early to raise the issue, before court proceedings start.
"We did what we thought was appropriate in the situation – dismissed him as the chairman of the standing commission and voted for his expulsion from the Regions Party," he added
As reported, the prosecutor’s office of Luhansk region opened a criminal case against member of Luhansk City Council Roman Landik on charges of disorderly conduct (Part 3 of Article 296) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on July 7.
Earlier media reported that Landik had beaten up a young woman in a restaurant. This incident was recorded on CCTV and the video posted on the Internet. The injured woman, aged 20, was hospitalized with concussion and bruises.
Landik was expelled from the Regions Party and from the party’s faction in Luhansk council.
Landik is the son of Volodymyr Landyk, a member of the Regions Party faction in Ukraine’s parliament.
