"When political relations between local government and Presidential Office are tense, we can immediately see it in statistics of criminal proceedings," Dmytro Bilotserkovets After the Verkhovna Rada created a Temporary Special Commission on the effectiveness of the authorities in Kyiv, Kyiv City Council members responded by creating their own Temporary Control Commission on the interaction of local governments with the central government. It was headed by Dmytro Bilotserkovets, co-chair of the UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform) faction and a member of the Kyiv City Council’s committees on budget and socio-economic development. 146 893 16