Zelensky says SBU will check all candidates from Servant of the People to exclude “nasty surprises”

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that all candidates from the Servant of the People party will be checked by law enforcement agencies before the local elections.

“We really cannot trace all of them, but we have a principle that all candidates must be checked. And we will ask for help the Security Service, and other law enforcement agencies, so that there will be no nasty surprises later,” the head of state said.

According to the President, this will be a big and very difficult job.

“That is why, to be honest, we have a lot of district, city, regional and central offices – to do effective checking. Therefore, we will clean up our ranks,” Zelensky added.