Penza, 6 August 2013. PenzaNews. The governor of the Penza region Vasily Bochkarev urged the head of the city administration Roman Chernov to ask citizens’ forgiveness for lying about planned construction of 350 public gardens as a part of preparation for celebration of the 350th anniversary of Penza.

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“Your press center said that 350 public gardens would be created in Penza before the city’s anniversary, and you now have to ask people for forgiveness for lying,” Vasily Bochkarev said during an operational meeting in the government of the region on Tuesday, August 6.

“It was your initiative, you must now act decently and cave in,” added the head of the region.

Moreover, Vasily Bochkarev criticized the work of the mayor in organizing the reconstruction of the Zoo and a number of roads.