News archive on the topic "deputy immunity"

In Russia, there is virtually no concept of parliamentary immunity. The leader of the LDPR, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, told reporters about this today on the sidelines of the Russian parliament, commenting on the recent arrest of Senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov right in the hall of the Federation Council. “We have warned many times that the impact today is almost minimal - 2-3%. At any moment, we or the Senate remove the immunization. Why do people...

The Prosecutor General's Office is asking the Verkhovna Rada for permission to prosecute people's deputies from the Opposition Bloc Alexander Vilkul, Sergei Dunaev and Dmitry Kolesnikov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko published the corresponding submissions today on Facebook.

Poroshenko plans to call early elections to the Verkhovna Rada in order to, under the guise of parliamentary immunity, avoid criminal charges after his defeat in the elections. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion is expressed in his blog by the former deputy head of the presidential administration of Ukraine, lawyer Andrei Portnov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Kyiv politicians are discussing possible early parliamentary elections this fall.…

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko may support the abolition of immunity for Verkhovna Rada deputies in order to seize the initiative from the organizers of the current protests. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets by the director of the Institute of Peacemaking Initiatives and Conflictology Denis Denisov, according to whom Poroshenko has few opportunities left to raise his popularity rating...

Petro Poroshenko's bloc today at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada demanded that the security forces investigate yesterday's incident outside the walls of parliament, when nationalists rallying for the abolition of parliamentary immunity broke eggs on the head of BPP member Oleg Barna. The joint statement was read from the rostrum of parliament by the head of the BPP faction, Artur Gerasimov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The pathetic text of the BPP statement is touching. Poroshenko MPs...

Another scandal broke out in the Verkhovna Rada today: Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko did not appear at the meeting where a proposal to lift parliamentary immunity from five people’s deputies was to be considered in order to initiate criminal cases against them. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Initially, it was planned that Lutsenko would arrive in the Rada at 12-30, but Speaker Parubiy read a letter from the Prosecutor General, in...

The immunity of Verkhovna Rada deputies must be abolished along with the immunity of the President of Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by the leader of the Radical Party Oleg Lyashko during the conciliation council of the Verkhovna Rada. He advised the authorities to deal with the real problems of people, threatening that otherwise they might use the pitchforks that voters in the Cherkasy region recently presented to him. Also…

Speaking on the occasion of Constitution Day of Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko demanded that deputies of the Ukrainian parliament renounce parliamentary immunity and adopt laws providing for the reboot of the Supreme Court. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “The competition for the Supreme Court is coming to an end these days, which for successful operation will require not only what we already have - open live broadcast...

Kyiv, January 20 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Mikhailov) – For the majority of members of the Verkhovna Rada, the abolition of parliamentary immunity does not threaten anything; only deputies from the provinces or representatives of the previous government can suffer from it. This is what Vladimir Fesenko, chairman of the board of the Penta Center for Applied Political Research, thinks. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte In his opinion, criminal cases against significant figures...

Kyiv, January 16 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Ryabov) – Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Vladimir Groysman announced that President Petro Poroshenko has introduced into parliament the abolition of immunity for deputies and judges, which has been promised by the authorities for many years now. This PR gesture is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the events of January 16, 2014. Exactly a year ago, the Verkhovna Rada adopted “Yanukovych’s dictatorial laws.” They provoked an escalation of confrontation in...

Kyiv, November 27 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) – The leader of the Right Sector, Dmitry Yarosh, who became a member of parliament, is cautious in his statements regarding the abolition of parliamentary and presidential immunity. In a conversation with a PolitNavigator correspondent, he said that a differentiated approach to this issue is needed, which, according to him, Right Sector lawyers are now working on. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Of course, immunity...

Simferopol, September 3 (PolitNavigator, Kirill Boyarin) – The Crimean parliament adopted on Wednesday in the first reading the law on the status of a deputy of the State Council of the republic. The corresponding document was voted for today at an extraordinary session of parliament. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Crimea" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to the text of the document, the State Council deputy will be elected for a five-year term. He can't simultaneously...

Kyiv, July 31 (Navigator, Yuriy Kovalchuk) – At the moment, parliament cannot lift immunity from deputies, since we can no longer change the constitution, said Verkhovna Rada deputy from “UDAR” Valery Karpuntsov on the air of the “TBi” channel. Subscribe to the Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “This parliament can no longer change the constitution, so for now the immunity will be lifted...

Lugansk, June 11 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Oleg Tsarev arrived in Lugansk and met with the leader of the “Lugansk People’s Republic” Valery Bolotov. Subscribe to the news "Navigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte In the afternoon, several cars with armed people in camouflage drove up to the regional administration building, who accompanied Oleg Tsarev, who had arrived in Lugansk. It is also known that along with him...