Today’s meeting of the Parliament’s committee on the Rules, parliamentary ethics and operation of the Verkhovna Rada is illegitimate as it has been conducted in violation of all norms of the Rules, first deputy head of the committee Andriy Pyshny (Batkivshchyna faction) told a briefing, ForUm correspondent reports.
According to MP, at the meeting the representatives of the majority tried to legitimize the decision of 27 February on the withdrawal of deputy mandate from Serhiy Vlasenko.
Andriy Pyshny recalled that on March 1 the statement on the matter was sent to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka. According to Pyshny, Vlasenko does not combine advocacy and work in the Parliament and the committee head Volodymyr Makeyenko has broken all the norms of the Rules.
In addition, the MP said that Makeyenko has no right to continue holding the post of head of the committee.
