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Incident on Lutsenko stopped the VRU work

Incident on Lutsenko stopped the VRU work

Today the session of the VRU will not take place, because the VRU factions leaders have not reached agreement concerning procedure of the resignation of Yuriy Lutsenko. Vice speaker of the VRU Mykola Tomenko told journalists today, the ForUm’s correspondent informs.

Party of Regions keeps insisting on guarantees on voting for Lutsenko’s resignation.

According to Tomenko, the parliament can’t take decisions, relying only on mass media information. It is necessary to wait for decision of the official institutions.

As a reminder, the PR members blocked the VRU podium.

The position of PR is the following: “either Lutsenko to be dismissed from his position, or we will initiate early parliamentary elections.”

Yuriy Lutsenko asked the Verkhovna Rada to accept his resignation on Tuesday.

According to German media, police on May 4 arrested Yuriy Lutsenko in the state of strong alcoholic intoxication after a brawl with law enforcers at Frankfurt am Main Airport.

Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko's 19-year-old son was going with the Ukrainian delegation. Police, according to German media, had to put handcuffs on the son of the minister for aggressive behavior.

At the same time there is no official information from Germany on that incident.