Southern Palmira to get a new leader
During extraordinary session of the Odesa City Council deputies accepted the resignation of Oleksii Kostusev from office of the mayor, according to the press service of the Odesa City Council, RBC-Ukraine reports.
The agenda of the session included only one item - «On considering the personal statement Odessa mayor Kostusev, O.O., of stepping down as a mayor». Regions’ MP Denys Balukh read out the decision.
According to the vote, 85 of the 93 members present in the hall supported Kostusev's resignation.
Under the law, City Council Secretary Oleh Bryndak will serve as the city head.
31 October 2013 Kostusev submitted a letter of resignation from the post of Odesa mayor.
