The capital's mayor said this at a session of the Kyiv City Council, Ukrayinski Novyny reports.
"If conditions are created in the city of Kyiv for a violation of public order... I will sign an order and declare a state of emergency," Omelchenko said.
He also stated that he had appealed to the Shevchenkivskyi and Pecherskyi district courts of Kyiv with a request to restrict by court decisions the number and location of mass events in Kyiv before the elections, because too many applications have now been submitted for a large number of people.
Omelchenko also noted that the administration would not be able to ensure the maintenance of order in Kyiv in the event of too many people participating in mass events. In particular, according to him, the Kyiv City Administration is currently considering an application by the "Pora" campaign to organize a mass event involving 500,000 people. Omelchenko said that Kyiv currently has no squares capable of accommodating such a number of people while ensuring safety. "According to preliminary data, our largest squares can accommodate 15-20 thousand," he said.
As reported, the Ministry of Internal Affairs previously stated that it would not allow a change of political power through civil disobedience actions after the presidential elections.
On August 22, the Security Service of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the opposition's plans to organize a large-scale protest in the event of its defeat in the presidential elections, as well as to destabilize the situation in the country after August 24.