If a member of Ukraine submits a resignation, it must be approved or rejected by a majority of members. But other MPs are not allowing their colleagues to step down at the moment because they have to pass the laws that the people need.
During the war, it is not possible to elect new deputies
According to the non-profit organization Chesno, 17 MPs have been dismissed since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. Almost all of them belong to the pro-Russian opposition party “Platform-For Life”.
When a deputy’s mandate is revoked, elections must be held in the respective constituency to elect a new deputy, but this is not possible during wartime.
Already before February 2022, the Ukrainian parliament lacked 27 members, as the 2014 and 2019 elections were not held in the Russian-occupied regions of Donbass and Crimea.
Currently, the Ukrainian parliament has 400 members, but by law there should be 450.
Arahamia stated that the lack of necessary deputies and the minimum threshold of parliamentary factions affect the functioning of the parliament. However, experts believe that the lack of deputies is still far from having a critical impact on the parliament’s ability to vote on important issues.
Zelensky has started his visit to the USA
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has begun a visit to the United States, where in a speech in Washington he fervently pleaded for continued US military support, warning that the failure to help his country defeat the Russian invasion is fulfilling the Kremlin’s “dreams” of destroying democracy in Europe.
Addressing the gathering at the National Defense Academy, Zelensky said that Ukraine is fighting not only for its own existence, but also to protect the freedoms that opened up across Europe after the collapse of the USSR.
Zelenskiy is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden and congressional leaders of both parties, including Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, on Tuesday.
Zelensky also met with the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in an effort to bolster support for his country’s wartime economy.
The International Monetary Fund has allowed Ukraine to pay out another part of the financing in the amount of 900 million US dollars. It is the last part of the $15.6 billion bailout.
Kristalina Georgieva, head of the foundation, praised Zelenskiy and other Ukrainian policymakers for sound economic management during the war.
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2023-12-12 07:50:17
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