Lutsk City Council terminates powers of mayor and secretary ahead of schedule
Decisions to terminate the powers of Lutsk Mayor Ihor Polishchuk and City Council Secretary Yuriy Bezpiatko at their own request are adopted at a meeting of the Lutsk City Council on Wednesday.
According to the city council website, it was decided to terminate the powers of the mayor and dismiss Polishchuk on March 25, 2026, in accordance with paragraph 9 of Article 36 of the Labor Code of Ukraine and paragraph 1 of part 1 of Article 79 of the Law of Ukraine "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine." Council Secretary Bezpiatko also ceased performing his duties based on his application dated March 23, 2026. His dismissal was carried out in accordance with paragraph 9 of Article 36 of the Labor Code of Ukraine and part 5 of Article 50 of the Law of Ukraine "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine."
The Lutsk City Council also resolved to remove Polishchuk and Bezpiatko from the executive committee of the Lutsk City Council of the VIII convocation.
As reported, in the first round of the Lutsk mayoral election in 2020, Polishchuk, then an advisor to the mayor and acting mayor, received 32.47% of the vote; in the second round, 54.6% of voters supported him. On November 19 of that year, Polishchuk was recognized as the elected mayor.
