Why do Ukrainian parliamentarians want to resign from their mandates

Political analyst Igor Reyterovich discussed this on the air of KYIV24.

“I think there are several reasons for this. By the way, one of them literally emerged in a new light yesterday – the disclosure of declarations. I believe that many now face a very interesting question of how to explain everything that will be found in these declarations. Considering that they have lived on one salary for the last two years, essentially two years of war, and logically, they should have lost some assets, especially since many of them position themselves as big volunteers or helpers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the situation may be diametrically opposite. This is the first point. The second point is the story of legislative changes related to politically significant individuals and everything associated with it”, he explained.

The political analyst added that some of them may realize what they have voted for, and now they have serious questions about what is happening. In addition, their family members may be surprised and have many questions, as many of them are not directly involved in political activities but remain connected to these deputies.

“First and foremost, these are the people’s deputies. The main reason, it seems to me, lies in something else – the qualitative composition of a significant part of this convocation leaves much to be desired. Let’s call a spade a spade”, Reyterovich concluded.

Earlier, the head of the “Servant of the People” faction, David Arakhamia, stated that the number of MPs wishing to resign prematurely is quite large. However, he assured that they would not be supported in this.

It should be recalled that the last to leave the Rada was Deputy Dmytro Shpenov, elected in 2019 as an independent candidate for the 37th district (Dnipropetrovsk region). He resigned on December 4.

According to ZN.UA data, as of the end of October, the Verkhovna Rada lost twenty mandates of MPs since the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine. In December, the VRU prematurely terminated the powers of three more MPs.

As of December 11, 2023, the numerical composition of the Verkhovna Rada is 400 MPs (according to the law, there should be 450, but since Crimea and part of Donbas are occupied, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was understaffed by 27 MPs, or 6% of the composition).

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