One of potential candidates in Kherson is Andrii Putilov from the party UDAR, who is known for giving out gift sets for citizens. This candidate will compete against the current Mayor of Kherson Volodymyr Saldo, a representative of the Party of Regions.

The whole city was surprised by the information that a father of Andrii Putilov - Stanislav Putilov is running in an adjacent district, but from the Ukraine - Forward! party.

The village head of Antonivka Ihor Semenchev, who left UDAR after a massive scandal about the construction of port  in water meadows of Dnieper river, will compete with Stanislav Putilov. Even more interesting fact is that a father of Ihor Semenych (also Igor by coincidence) will compete against the Kherson Mayor V. Saldo.

Thus, names of Putilov and Semenych will become very popular during the Parliamentary elections in both districts of the city. Not all voters will understand the difference between sons and fathers, someone will apparently confuse them.

Taking into consideration that Kherson Mayor V. Saldo plans to resign after the Parliamentary elections, we'll see a competition between Semenchev and Putilov on pre-term elections. Parliamentary elections will apparently become the beginning of the next "mayor" campaign in Kherson.

We should mention, that Putilov Jr. and Semenchev Jr. have already competed for the position of mayor, though not successfully. However, Semenchev Jr. is famous for using a situation with the same surnames to help his father become the village head of Antonivka. Voters sincerely believed that they voted for the son, but the father was elected. Nevertheless, after the son had lost the mayoral race, the father submitted his resignation and on the pre-term elections of a village head the son took the position.

Detailed information:
Rodion Banar
Coordinator of electoral programs of the Civil Network OPORA
in Kherson oblast
095 626 09 26 185

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