After his resignation, Razumkov sits behind Eurosolidarity in parliament. The journalist noted that the People’s Deputy is a direct neighbor of the faction in the seats, and asked if the political force was planning to somehow unite with him, to take him into his team, if Razumkov wanted to.
“First, we are the only team that did not vote for the appointment of Razumkov, because we immediately announced that we were going into opposition to [президенту Владимиру] Zelensky … And I will remind you that Dmitry Razumkov is the politician who brought this whole “green bunch” to parliament. As the first number of the list. He bears the same responsibility as Zelensky for this list, “Gerashchenko said.
At the same time, the People’s Deputy recalled that Eurosolidarity was the only faction in the Rada that did not vote for his resignation.
“Because the question here is not about surnames, but about parliamentarism. We categorically disagree with the motivation with which Razumkov was removed. In fact, for allowing himself and the parliament to remain independent, and we appreciate that in Razumkov,” noted Gerashchenko.
According to her, Eurosolidarity is a team with an understandable center-right ideology.
“We are for the EU, we are for NATO … I do not know Dmitry’s position on these issues. Therefore, to be honest, your question is not for us,” Gerashchenko summed up.
Razumkov held the post Speaker of the Rada since August 29, 2019 until October 7, 2021. In this post, he was replaced by Ruslan Stefanchuk, who had previously been the first vice-speaker. Razumkov in 2019 was the head of the pro-presidential party “Servant of the People”, went to the Rada under the first number of its electoral list. Before participating in the parliamentary elections, he was a political strategist and was engaged in business.
For the recall of Razumkov from the post of speaker, 284 people’s deputy voted, with 215 votes given by the Servant of the People faction.
Razumkov and Servant of the People had disagreements on a number of issues, including the law on oligarchs. Razumkov believes that the register of oligarchs should be created by an independent commission, and not by the National Security and Defense Council, as stipulated in the bill. Contrary to the decision of the faction, he applied to the Venice Commission with a request to evaluate the bill, and after its adoption announced attempts to falsify the text of the document.
After the speaker was dismissed from his post, Razumkov made critical statements about the pro-government team, he believes that some politicians departed from the principles with which she was elected in 2019.
Now Razumkov is a non-factional deputy. In “Servant of the People” discuss possible deprivation Razumkov’s deputy mandate, the former speaker believes that it will be illegal.
Razumkov hinted that will create his own political party… At the same time, he gives evasive answers to questions about presidential ambitions. “I didn’t say no, – he said on October 31 on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel.
If Razumkov creates his own party and goes to the polls with it, it will go to the Verkhovna Rada, according to the data of a survey conducted from October 23rd to 27th by the Razumkov Center.
Razumkov’s party would be supported by 5.5% of Ukrainians. “European Solidarity” with support of 12.4% ranks second, after “Servant of the People” (15%), place.
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