The same issue may arise in smaller towns and villages. Take, for example, Hennadiy Trukhanov in Odesa, Hennadiy Kernes in Kharkiv, Borys Filatov in Dnipro or Vitaliy Klychko in Kyiv: candidates from Zelensky's party will find it very difficult to beat them. The party is not very well established at the local level, and in many places may lose out to political or business groups that have dominated their regions for years or decades.
One of the biggest questions heading into these elections is whether president Volodymyr Zelensky's political party, Servant of the People, will get substantial popular support. This is the reason why the election campaign is so rich and diverse, and why there are so many political players vying to win. As resources have grown, competition for them has grown, as well. This local election is the first in Ukraine's recent history after the implementation of decentralization. It has meant that a lot of financial resources which were earlier taken away from local communities and held at the central level, are now staying in those communities - cities, towns, villages, and local hromadas.įinancial resources are now staying in the communities - cities, towns, villages, local hromadas Ukraine is currently in the midst of dramatic decentralization reform. The stakes are high: local budgets have substantially increased thanks to decentralization Here are five reasons why this election is worth following, and what it can change in the Ukrainian politics.
the local "parliaments" of cities, towns, regions, and villages. They will not be voting for their president or their parliament, but instead for mayors and representatives on local councils, i.e. Ukrainians will go to the polls on October 25th.
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