Today, the Irpin Territorial Election Commission announced the appointment and handed credentials to six newly elected deputies of the Irpin City Council. This finalizes the formation of a deputy majority capable of expressing no confidence in and terminating the powers of Oleksandr Markushyn as mayor. The six new deputies have taken their oaths. From now on, the recalled deputies cannot appeal the decisions of the political parties and the election commission in court, as those decisions have already been implemented.
On July 22, a court ruling suspended Markushyn from his position as mayor until September 22, 2025. The duties of Irpin’s mayor will now be performed by the City Council Secretary, Anzhela Makeieva.
The political crisis in Irpin has been ongoing since April 2024, when the entire city management team — all deputy mayors, most council members, and heads of municipal enterprises — publicly accused Markushyn of orchestrating a scheme to unjustifiably inflate and siphon off salaries.
Ahead of the council session, Markushyn called on residents to rally in his support. However, his appeal was ignored by the people of Irpin. Only a few dozen former city administration employees, who had been dismissed along with Markushyn, showed up — less than 0.0001% of the city’s population.
The Irpin political crisis is drawing to a close following decisions by the political parties represented in the city council to form a two-thirds majority, which will, at one of the upcoming sessions, formally express no confidence in and terminate Oleksandr Markushyn’s authority as mayor.
Markushyn brought this upon himself by completely losing communication with the city council. Without cooperation between the mayor and the deputies, the community is doomed to mere survival — there can be no talk of recovery or development.
Markushyn betrayed his team and failed to create anything of value in the city. During his tenure, nothing new was built. Everything residents — especially newcomers — see around them is the result of work done by Volodymyr Karpliuk and his New Faces team between 2015 and 2020, before Markushyn became mayor. He simply revived the corrupt schemes that had been looting Irpin for decades prior to Karpliuk’s leadership: salaries of ₴200,000, selective financial aid, dozens of “ghost” employees at municipal enterprises, inflated budget estimates, and bribes from businesses — all of this is draining Irpin’s budget.
Markushyn is a suspect in dozens of criminal proceedings by the National Police, Bucha Prosecutor’s Office, and the State Bureau of Investigations. The cases involve kidnapping, embezzlement of public funds, salary manipulation schemes, fraud with developer contributions, and laundering money through affiliated companies. Notably, the community has stopped attending court hearings or rallies in support of Markushyn.