Feb. 20, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
(PHOTOS: Odesa District Council)
The session of the Odesa District Council did not take place again due to the lack of a quorum - only 22 out of 33 deputies attended the meeting.
Deputy Serhiy Sazonov told the Center for Public Investigations that this situation was quite expected.
"There are MPs with criminal cases, those at the front, and those abroad. Unfortunately, there is no understanding between the MPs," he explained.
It should be noted that the last session last year also failed due to the lack of a quorum.
Only 23 deputies gathered, and the deputy chairman of the council, Arkady Mkrtichyan , acting as chairman, informed them about the key activities and future projects of the district council aimed at developing the district's communities, supporting social initiatives, and strengthening cooperation with the public sector.
Unlike the city council, where the secretary acts as chairman in the event of the chairman's termination, district and regional councils do not have a secretary, so the session is chaired by the first deputy or others, but in the Odesa district council there is only one deputy chairman.
That case was also not the first time that the district council failed to assemble a quorum. On September 19, 2025, the deputies of the Odesa District Council gathered for a session, but could not hold a meeting due to the lack of a quorum. At that time, deputies from the Servant of the People faction did not come to the meeting, so only 32 deputies out of 33 required for a quorum were present. The meeting itself was held not in the hall of the Odesa Regional Council, as usual, but in the session hall of the Odesa City Council. But for the session on December 19, they gathered again in the regional council building.
In the absence of a quorum, they limited themselves to presenting Natalia Bohachenko and Ihor Novosadskyi with letters of appreciation from the Odesa District Council for exemplary performance of their duties, high achievements in military service, conscientious performance of their duties and dedication to their work, and left.
On December 15, 2025, Vitaliy Barvinenko, the head of the district council, resigned, stating that, in his opinion, the government, under the guise of war, had deliberately destroyed local government. He also resigned as a deputy.
Кирило Бойко