Tymoshenko's man agreed to take the post that Vakarchuk refused
VO "Batkivshchyna" is applying for the post of vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, said Andrey Kozhemyakin, elected as a people's deputy of Ukraine from the party, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“And the Batkivshchyna party today, the Batkivshchyna faction, nominated a member of its faction for the post of vice speaker,” Kozhemyakin said, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
He did not want to name the candidate for this post.
“Tomorrow, if this is approved, then we will speak more specifically,” Kozhemyakin said.
According to the politician, the leader of the Batkivshchyna faction in the Verkhovna Rada of the XNUMXth convocation will again be led by the leader of the party of the same name, Yulia Tymoshenko, and it is proposed to appoint Sergei Sobolev as the deputy head of the faction.
At the same time, according to him, the “Opposition Platform - For Life” is also applying for the position of vice-speaker, but has not yet named a candidate.
Earlier, the Golos faction abandoned the fight for the position of vice-speaker, calling it “ceremonial.”
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