The spokesperson for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ihnat, has called for a statement to be filed with the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) regarding MP Mariana Bezuhla. Ignat made this call after another comment by Bezuhla that caused a public outcry, Komersant ukrainskyi reports
“Maybe someone will write a statement against Bezuglya to the State Bureau of Investigation? How long will this mockery of the country and the army last?” Ihnat wrote.
He also addressed the Security Service of Ukraine, hinting at the need for their participation in the investigation.
“The Security Service of Ukraine – there is surely work for you here!” Ignat said.
This is not the first time Mariana Bezugla has been criticised for her statements.
Earlier, Bezuhla was removed from her position as head of the subcommittee on democratic civilian control and added to the Myrotvorets list. And MP Fedir Venislavskyi said that he had filed a complaint with the SBU against Bezuhla for disclosing “information from a closed meeting of the committee”, which he himself had reported to the media.
The former “servant of the people” was included in the Myrotvorets database because (according to the information posted on the website) she had taken deliberate public actions aimed at discrediting the state authorities and governance of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, splitting civil society in Ukraine and deliberately disseminating information containing state secrets.
The Bezuhla scandal
The situation with Bezuhla’s resignation arose after a resolution was introduced to recall her from the post of Deputy Chair of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence.
Bezuhla is known for her criticism of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. Back in November, she stated that Ukraine’s military leadership “must go” because the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, allegedly “failed to provide a plan for 2024”. Amid rumours of the Commander-in-Chief’s dismissal, the MP resorted to accusations of alcohol abuse and blackmail.
on 5 January, the Verkhovna Rada’s National Security Committee, chaired by her colleague from the Servant of the People faction, Zavitnevych, decided to recall Bezuhla from her position as deputy chair of the Committee.
Bezuhla stated that she did not need a weak faction and party in a time of war. on 11 January, the MP submitted a letter of resignation from the Servant of the People party and faction. The Verkhovna Rada officially adopted this statement on 12 January. At the same time, Bezuhla noted that she would continue to support the president’s initiatives, but did not want to have any joint obligations with the faction’s MPs, “who are stabbing her in the back.”
Bezuhla’s departure from the faction will not result in her resigning her parliamentary mandate, as she was not elected on the Servant of the People party list. She will remain a majority member of the Obolon district of Kyiv.
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