KYIV. May 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The faction of the political party Opposition Platform – For Life has officially ceased to exist in the Verkhovna Rada, said MP Oleksiy Honcharenko (European Solidarity faction).
"The Opposition Platform – For Life Party faction in the Verkhovna Rada has been officially liquidated!" wrote Honcharenko on Telegram.
First Deputy Speaker Oleksandr Korniyenko officially announced the dissolution of the Opposition Platform – For Life faction.
"According to Article 60 of the Regulations of the Verkhovna Rada, due to the decrease in the number of members of the parliamentary faction of the political party Opposition Platform – For Life, below the number of the smallest parliamentary faction registered at the first session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the ninth convocation, I inform you about the dissolution of the parliamentary faction of the political party Opposition Platform – For Life, " said Korniyenko.
As reported, in April, the Opposition Platform – For Life party, suspended its activities in the Verkhovna Rada, after which the members of the faction withdrew from its membership and created a new group Platform for Life and Peace. The head of the group of 25 deputies was former co-chairman of the Opposition Platform – For Life party faction, Yuriy Boiko.