Stefanchuk assures that the parliament will not delay the consideration of Voloshyn’s application.

The Verkhovna Rada received the statement of Oleg Voloshyn, elected to the parliament from the now-banned party “OPZZH” and suspected of treason, on the compilation of the parliamentary credentials.

“The application for drawing up the credentials of a People’s Deputy of Ukraine has been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. In accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Parliament will not delay the consideration of the application,” said Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk on Facebook, publishing Voloshyn’s statement from January 26.

The Voloshin case – what is known

People’s deputy Voloshyn, who fled from Ukraine to the aggressor country on the eve of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, is suspected of treason.

According to the investigation, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation assisted the Russian Federation and its representatives in carrying out subversive activities against Ukraine. He disseminated statements designed to create pro-Russian attitudes in society. Recognized as legitimate and justified the creation of the self-proclaimed so-called “LPR/DPR” on the territory of Ukraine.

The Prosecutor General’s Office noted that measures are being taken to inform Voloshyn of the suspicion in accordance with the procedure defined by the current legislation, to choose a preventive measure for him in the form of detention and seizure of property.

In addition, the deputy is suspected of causing intentional minor bodily harm (Part 1 of Article 125 of the Criminal Code) for beating a veteran of the anti-terrorist operation in the summer of 2020.

At the same time, the State Bureau of Investigation noted that during recent years, during speeches from the podium of the Verkhovna Rada, as well as in numerous interviews and broadcasts on television, Voloshyn spread propaganda narratives of the Russian Federation and conducted subversive activities against Ukraine. During a search in March 2022, Voloshyn was found, among other things, with a pistol.

Help . On January 13, the Verkhovna Rada prematurely terminated the parliamentary powers of Viktor Medvedchuk, Andriy Derkach, Taras Kozak and Renat Kuzmin, suspected of high treason. By decree of the President of Ukraine, these four members of the banned party “OPZZH” were deprived of Ukrainian citizenship.

On February 15, it became known that the Verkhovna Rada had received applications for the compilation of the credentials of people’s deputies from Nataliya Korolevska and her husband Yuriy Solod, elected to the parliament from the now-banned OPZZ party.