According to the Constitutional Court's decision, which is to be announced on May 30, elections for Kyiv City Council deputies and the head of Kyiv City State Administration have been moved to 2015, Mirror Weekly (ZN.UA) has reported, citing its own sources.
“The elections in Kyiv will not be held until 2015, neither the mayoral election nor the elections for the city council,” a source in the Constitutional Court told the newspaper.
At a meeting on May 29, the Constitutional Court issued a ruling on the date of elections for Kyiv mayor and Kyiv City Council deputies.
As reported, early elections for Kyiv City Council deputies and Kyiv mayor were held in late May 2008. The five-year term of their powers expires at the end of May 2013. The opposition stated its intention to block the work of Kyiv City Council from June, as the term of its office will expire, and it will be illegitimate.
Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky tendered his resignation on June 1, 2012. On July 12, 2012, the city council accepted the early termination of his powers. According to the city council’s decision, Kyiv City Council Secretary Halyna Hereha has temporarily fulfilled the duties of Kyiv mayor since the time of Chernovetsky’s resignation.
