Representatives of local self-government bodies, as well as mayors of Ukrainian cities, intend to picket the parliament starting December 1, protesting against the adoption of the draft state budget for 2006 in the second reading. This was stated by the vice-president of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, Myroslav Pitsyk, at a meeting of the consultative-advisory council on local self-government issues under the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.
He emphasized that delegations from Ukrainian cities led by mayors will come to picket the parliament. The Association's representative also invited delegates from regional councils to take part in this action. "If this does not help, we will renounce the delegated powers," said Pitsyk, emphasizing that this could happen as early as December, since they are funded from the state budget by at most 70%, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
As we were informed at the Lutsk city hall, information from the Association was also received here, and currently the question of whether or not the Lutsk delegation will participate in the picketing has not yet been decided.