OPLE ceased to operate in the Kharkiv Regional Council/ZN.ua most of the deputies left the faction. After that, the unit formed the “Restoration of Ukraine” group.
This happened during the 11th extraordinary session of the regional council on May 9th. The statements of the deputies were read out by the head of the regional council, Tatyana Egorova-Lutsenko.
OPLE ceased to exist in the Kharkiv regional council
The powers of the head of the faction were resigned by deputy Sergei Gladkoskok. Withdrew from the pro-Russian “Opposition Platform – For Life”: Igor Rainin, Anna Vashchenko, Elena Bocharnikova, Nikita Shentsev, Vladimir Yurkov, Leonid Zayarny, Sergei Usenko and Artem Nazarov, Armen Bakmanyan, Maxim Pryadko, Artur Severinov, Rostislav Litvinov, Svetlaya Tatyana Korobko , Vitaly Abramov, Andrey Malysh, Alexander Didenko, Andrey Stronov and Anton Nikolaenko.
However, Gennady Matsegor, the mayor of Kupyansk, who had “surrendered” the city to the occupiers, was not on the exit lists. These politicians will work as non-factional deputies.
Deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life created a new group in the Kharkiv Regional Council
Sergei Gladkoskok headed the new group “Restoration of Ukraine”. In addition to Gladkoskok, the group included 11 out of 29 deputies elected from the Opposition Platform for Life.
The composition of the deputy group is as follows: Sergey Gladkoskok, Armen Bakmanyan, Maxim Pryadko, Artur Severinov, Rostislav Litvinov, Svetlana Esterovskaya, Tatyana Korobko, Vitaly Abramov, Andrey Malysh, Anton Nikolaenko, Alexander Didenko, Andrey Stronov, said Tatyana Egorova-Lutsenko.
However, the politician noted: “As for the newly formed group, I want this to be another signal to the aggressor that he will not find any support here, that all our political forces actually see our region as an integral part of Ukraine, and Ukraine as an independent and free “
OPPLZH ceases its activities in many areas
Even at the end of March, the OPPLF faction ceased its activities in the Odesa District Council. The application was received by the head of the district council, Vitaly Barvinenko. The faction was liquidated in the Odessa Regional Council.
In addition, the “Opposition Platform – For Life” ceased its activities under:
- Borispol City Council;
- Chernivtsi Regional Council;
- Kherson City Council;< /li>
- Vinnitsa Regional Council;
- Transcarpathian Regional Council;
- Zhytomyr Regional Council;
- Novograd-Volyn City Council;
- Kropyvnytskyi Regional Council;
- Dnipro City Council and in many other areas.
It should be noted that this process will continue, because on April 13 the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine decided to terminate the activities of the Opposition Platform for Life.
After that, on April 21, the former representatives of the faction in the Verkhovna Rada announced the creation of a new deputy group” Platform for Life and Peace”. Yuriy Boyko became its head.
NSDC Secretary Aleksey Danilov reacted to the rebranding of the Opposition Platform for Life. He said that politicians from the party should not rename the party, but apologize and leave the parliament.
Pro-Russian parties are banned in Ukraine
On May 3, the Verkhovna Rada supported a draft law banning pro-Russian parties. 330 people's deputies spoke in favor.
The ban includes those political forces that publicly deny the armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine, the annexation of Ukrainian territories and justify the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, – said the people's deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
The mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boychenko, commenting on the actions of traitors from the Opposition Platform for Life in the city, noted that there was blood on their hands. And not only the Russian invaders are guilty of deaths in the city, but also the members of the Opposition Platform for Life faction who collaborated with the occupiers.
The latest news about the Opposition Platform for Life in Ukraine
- Head of the Committee of Voters Oleksiy Koshel said, that since the beginning of the war, representatives of the Opposition Platform for Life have collaborated with the occupiers at least 50 times. In particular, with the so-called interim administrations or in other forms.
- At the end of April, a group of people's deputies registered in the Verkhovna Rada a resolution “On the loss of a deputy mandate by some people's deputies of Ukraine.” We are talking about members of the former OPF faction Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Vadim Rabinovich and Alexander Kachny.
- The speaker of the Verkhovna Rada said that 10 people's deputies fled Ukraine. All of them are representatives of the Opposition Platform – For Life. Ruslan Stefanchuk explained that, unfortunately, the legislation and the Constitution of Ukraine do not provide for punishment for them. However, the speaker noted that they have no place in the next parliament.
