CHESNO has investigated how many MPs of the 9th convocation are wanted and have court sentences
13 December 14:21
The Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation has its own record holders for absenteeism, who have been absent from the session hall for years, and there are also many fugitive MPs and traitors. The CHESNO movement continues to investigate the activities of the 9th convocation of the Parliament, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
Some of the MPs are remembered for their active work in the parliament, some for fights or TikTok broadcasts from the session hall, and some for absenteeism and high-profile scandals. But at least 50 MPs were suspected of committing criminal offenses.
MPs who were absent without leave
23 MPs of the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation missed more than 50% of the votes for various reasons. Eleven of them have already lost their seats. The rating of absenteeism over the five years of the current Rada’s work is headed by Vadym Rabinovych, a member of the pro-Russian banned OPFL party, who missed 90% of the votes before losing his mandate. His fellow party member, now a member of the Restoration of Ukraine group, Vadym Stolar, is in second place, and Batkivshchyna MP Anzhelika Labunska, who also joins the committee remotely, is in third place.
Fugitive MPs
In the current Verkhovna Rada, some MPs have fled the country when they were threatened with suspicion or a court sentence. For example, just before the verdict was handed down, “servant” Andriy Odarchenko left the country, and the day before the suspicion was handed down, Artem Dmytruk, a person on the Traitors Register, fled Ukraine. Law enforcement officials believe that they illegally crossed the border. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 11 MPs of the IX convocation are currently on the wanted list.
Criminal MPs
12 MPs already have court sentences. For example, the court sentenced high treasoner Ilya Kiva, the person involved in the scandalous accident Oleksandr Trukhin, and the “servant” Andriy Odarchenko was convicted in absentia for offering a bribe. However, eight MPs who were found guilty of lying in their declarations escaped responsibility due to the expiration of the statute of limitations or due to remorse. In addition, the court acquitted MP Viktor Myalyk, who was suspected of tax evasion.
Suspected MPs
In media publications, CHESNO has identified 50 MPs of the IX convocation who have been suspected of committing criminal offenses. Among these MPs are representatives of all parliamentary factions and groups, except for the Voice. Most of the suspicions were received by MPs from the Servant of the People and the now banned OPFL.
13 MPs of the IX convocation are suspected of crimes against national security, most of them are representatives of the OPFL.
A total of 33 MPs are suspected of corruption violations. Six MPs from the Servant of the People party were caught taking bribes of various sizes. These include Anatoliy Gunko and Oleksandr Yurchenko, who, after being expelled from the faction, continue to work as part of the Restoration of Ukraine group, as well as Serhiy Kuzminykh and Lyudmyla Marchenko. The latter became famous for a video in which she throws a bribe over the fence of her house.
It is also worth emphasizing that the existence of suspicion or any procedural actions against a person does not make a person guilty until a court has passed a verdict. That’s why law enforcement officers publish information with depersonalized photos of the defendants, but journalists use their own sources to identify them.
Since when do MPs no longer have “immunity”?
At the beginning of the current convocation, MPs voted to amend Article 80 of the Constitution, which removed immunity from MPs. This draft law was registered in the previous convocation, but while it was being reviewed by the Constitutional Court, elections were held and the MPs of the IX convocation came to the Parliament and supported this draft law on the first day of their work.
Thus, the current convocation of the Verkhovna Rada became the first officially “tainted” one, which made it much easier to bring MPs to justice. This did not happen immediately, as the law came into force on January 1, 2020.
