Kornienko did not have time to make vice-speaker: there were not enough deputies in the Rada

Today the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada managed to make Ruslan Stefanchuk their speaker. But the chairman of the Servant of the People party, Alexander Kornienko, has not yet received a promotion – the parliament ended the meeting without voting for the appointment of a new vice-speaker.

How it was

Ruslan Stefanchuk wanted to give the floor to Kornienko, but the deputies began to actively express their desire to go home. Evgenia Kravchuk even began to very actively gesticulate with her hands, trying to convey to the new speaker that today they already had enough work. Then Stefanchuk put to a vote the question of closing the meeting, and the deputies unanimously supported this decision.

Evgeniya Kravchuk was unambiguous in her gestures – it’s time to go home

Official version

The press secretary of “Servant of the People” Yulia Paliychuk explained the quick completion of the work of the people’s deputies.

“The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk closed the plenary session of the parliament. This proposal was made by MPs and supported by representatives of most factions and groups. This is due to the need for MPs to participate in official events and through pre-planned business trips and visits, including foreign ones. In particular, MPs have left or are planning to leave for a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as well as for numerous events in the constituencies, “Paliychuk said on the telegram channel.

Consideration of the issue of appointing Kornienko as vice-speaker of parliament was postponed to the next plenary week, to October 19.

Permutations in the Rada

• On October 7, 284 people’s deputies voted for the dismissal of Dmitry Razumkov from the post of speaker. It is curious that the deputies of Batkivshchyna also supported his resignation. The politician himself made a fiery speech in which he reminded the deputies with what they went to the polls and what they promised people in 2019, as well as the principles of democracy that no longer work in parliament.
• Stefanchuk was originally named the main candidate for replacement. Read more in our article why they wanted to see him as the speaker of the VR.
• It is also expected that the head of the Servant of the People party, Alexander Kornienko, will be appointed the first vice-speaker of the parliament, a post held by Stefanchuk.