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People's Deputy Anton Yatsenko admitted that he was mistaken when he supported Iryna Pletnyova in the Uman mayoral election. He stated that he takes responsibility for bringing her to power. Yatsenko spoke about this in an interview with Glavcom.
"There is no harsher judge for me than myself. I always say: I am guilty, I was mistaken, I am very sorry. I bear full responsibility for bringing such people to power," the deputy noted.
Yatsenko also called Pletnyova's 'roof' the people's deputy Oleksandr Zavittnevych, businessman Andriy Dykun, and the head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration Ihor Taburtsy. "Her 'roof' is Zavittnevych, Dykun, Taburets… By the way, I have never spoken with the head of the Cherkasy OVA. Here's an interesting incident. When I was driving to Uman in April 2022 year, they set up a checkpoint, waited for me, and greeted me with threats. They claimed it was dangerous for me to come here. Then it turned out that these were Taburcha's people," he added.
Yatsenko emphasized that Pletnyova was recalled from the post of city mayor not by him, but by the voters. According to him, the signatures supporting the recall were placed by real residents of the city. At the same time, he admitted that in some petition sheets people indicated only the name of the city Uman instead of a full residential address.
According to Yatsenko, the relevant commission considered these issues. He referred to the concept of "excessive formalism" in global practice and stressed that in this situation the law should be on the side of the voter. The deputy also denied that the signatures were forged or that anyone manipulated the data during collection.
"Currently Pletnyova has filed a lawsuit. However, she writes nonsense along the lines of 'we collected signatures in a tent, but she did not give permission to put her name, and therefore the signatures are invalid.' Or there is an accusation that in my direction: 'You took dead souls and you yourself signed for them.' I am confident that there will be a celebration on our street as well. I will still 'end this band,' to put it plainly…" the deputy summed up.
Recall that 8 in September the congress of the party 'For the Future' considered the appeal of the Uman City Territorial Election Commission and unanimously supported the recall of Iryna Pletnyova from the post of city mayor.
By the way, Uman Mayor Iryna Pletnyova stated that People's Deputy Anton Yatsenko sought to retain influence over Uman city authorities after she was elected mayor in 2020 year. According to her, Yatsenko wanted to remain a deputy and control the city council.
In particular, Iryna Pletnyova stated possible violations during the collection of signatures for her recall. She said that signatures were collected not only by members of the initiative group, but that petition sheets could have been pre-filled.
At the same time, People’s Deputy Anton Yatsenko stated that if he runs in the Uman mayoral election, he will garner 70–80% of the votes.
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