"Residents of Kyiv demand immediate change of authorities in the capital", - Mykola Tomenko, Deputy Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stated, commenting upon the results of the public opinion polls in Kyiv held by Ukrainske Demokratychne Kolo public organization to order of the Politics Institute on 16-22 February 2010.
The sociological survey concerned the assessment of the situation in the capital by its residents. Thus, 89,3% of respondents take a negative attitude towards the present-day situation in Kyiv, only 2,5% being positive about it. Only 3,9% of Kyiv residents approve of activity of Leonid Chernovetskyi as Kyiv mayor, while overwhelming majority (91,3%) disapprove of it. If the referendum concerning the vote of confidence to Leonid Chernovetskyi were held today, 3,9% of Kyiv residents would give a vote of confidence, while the overwhelming majority (89,7%) would give a vote of non-confidence. As far as the early elections are concerned, the majority of residents (85,1%) deem necessary to hold early mayoral elections, while 8,7% of respondents are of opposite opinion.
"In the today´s discussion dedicated to the future of Kyiv authorities, one shall take into account the stand of Kyiv residents, acknowledging the fact that they call for immediate change of authorities in the capital", - M.Tomenko stated.
The Deputy Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine stated that "Ukraine has not witnessed" such a rate of non-confidence to the local self-government officials. He also believes that "dynamics of frustration and non-acceptance of Leonid Chernovetskyi and his team in Kyiv can be compared with the "sad story" about the assessment of activity of Viktor Yushchenko".
"The results of this peculiar public referendum obviously represent the demand of Kyiv residents to change the authorities in the capital", - M.Tomenko stated. He stressed that this fact obliged The Verkhovna Rada to scrutinize the issue on re-elections and fix the date of early elections in Kyiv to change the authorities for those approved by the residents.