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MP faces criminal case for honoring fallen hero

Ukrainian MP Olha Vasylevska-Smagliuk is facing charges of “arbitrariness” for unauthorized installation of a portrait of a deceased soldier. The MP reported this on Facebook, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".

“Here is the situation. I am being charged with “unauthorized installation”. For the unauthorized installation of a portrait of a fallen soldier in the – vasilevska-Smaglyuk wrote.

According to the deputy, she was approached by the ex-wife of the deceased soldier Ivan Trinka, who lived in the Poliska village territorial community in Kyiv region. After his death, the village council refused to install his portrait on the local Walk of Fame because he was allegedly not registered there.

“Her son used to ask her every day when he passed by the Walk of Fame of the deceased community members: “Mom, why isn’t my dad here? Isn’t he a hero?” The wife repeatedly appealed to the village council to install the portrait, but was refused: he was not registered here,”

– vasilevska-Smagliuk writes.

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The MP claims that she also received a written refusal from the village council. Then she decided to act on her own.

“I ordered a metal structure and a portrait at my own expense, and my assistant consultant – said the MP.

According to her, after the portrait was installed, problems began:

“We caught up with lawyers, local council members, who suddenly started talking about the law, the grounds, etc. These are exactly the people who have a couple of criminal proceedings about illegal land allocations, who feel sorry for a meter of land for the deceased. He said goodbye to his life for this land, you bastards. So that his son, on his way to school, could pay tribute to his father and know that he did not die in vain. Not for these idiots and soulless creatures who have nothing sacred in them.”

Vasilevska-Smagliuk also emphasizes the legal absurdity of the situation:

“…in order for this article of the Criminal Code to be applied to me, there must be losses. What losses, if this village council even saved money?”

However, the son of the deceased soldier rightly saw his father on the Alley of Heroes.

The Polissia village council has not yet commented on the situation.

Article 356 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine provides for liability for “unauthorized, contrary to the procedure established by law, committing any actions, the legality of which is disputed by an individual citizen or an enterprise, institution or organization, if such actions caused significant damage to the interests of a citizen, state or public interests or the interests of the owner.”

Such actions are punishable by a fine of up to fifty tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional labor for up to two years, or probationary supervision for up to two years.

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Yaroslav Ostafiichuk

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