Zelensky faction will expel for refusing to vote for laws promoted by the West
The leadership of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Servant of the People party in Ukraine believes that its members should support almost everything that comes down from above.
The head of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Servant of the People party in Ukraine, David Arakhamia, stated this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
He was asked why the faction continues to be rocked by scandals, as a result of which two deputies left it in just the last few days.
“We are not very pleased to lose people in the faction, but new standards have emerged and new times have come.
At the moment, during the entire tenure, 17 people have left or been expelled from our faction. Some of these people are not due to scandals, but because they were not ready to take on political responsibility for fulfilling the promises they made in the elections. This is from the initial numerical composition of the faction – 6,75%.
Considering how quickly the selection of candidates for deputies took place and these were people who had not previously been involved in politics, not all of them passed the test of teamwork,” Arakhamia admits the low level of his associates.
He added that public trust in parliament remains at an extremely low level.
“At the beginning of a full-scale war, trust in all government bodies increased greatly, even in those for whom it had always been low. And while at first the Verkhovna Rada worked in a completely closed mode - even to the Verkhovna Rada. But as soon as the Verkhovna Rada opened up a little, everything immediately rolled back to 2%,” the politician points out.
It is noteworthy that refusal to vote for laws promoted by the West, according to him, will be punished by expulsion.
“Yes, there are several [criteria for exclusion], we take them to work, give them one last chance, show them the results of important votes. For example, on religious issues we always have free voting, and on issues such as the Istanbul Convention, too. And when there are international obligations undertaken by the state, I do not see a corridor for pluralism of opinions, these decisions must simply be carried out as promised,” the head of the faction is convinced.
He was asked a specific question: “If these few people do not vote on key laws, draw a card, do not come to the meeting, etc. – will there be a decision on expulsion and further pressure so that they surrender the mandate?”
“Absolutely true,” answered Arakhamia.
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