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Ostap Shypaylo and Andriy Zhupanin explained their resignations by saying they received better offers than parliamentary mandates.
The Committee on Rules, Parliamentary Ethics and the Organization of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the statements of people's deputies from the Servant of the People faction about resigning their mandates. Next, the Verkhovna Rada must vote on the early termination of the powers of MPs Ostap Shypaylo and Andriy Zhupanin.
This was reported by LB.ua.
The MPs explained their decisions by saying they received better offers than parliamentary powers.
“I have an offer in the private sector… And an offer in the state, let’s say, sector. I will choose. It’s just hard to talk about it right now, because I don’t even have the right to choose yet. Thank you. Let’s vote,” Shypaylo said at the committee meeting online.
Ostap Shypaylo
Zhupanin also said he received an offer he cannot refuse, because he wants to build a career in the energy sector.
“To be honest with you, there is an offer I cannot refuse because I am career-minded. I have a direction to build a career in the energy sector. What could be gleaned from activity in the Verkhovna Rada, I think I have gleaned, because opportunities for growth within parliament are extremely limited,” the deputy said.
He added that he has been looking for a new challenge for a long time and wants to apply the experience he gained over the past seven years in energy in a practical way — in particular, preparing the country for winter and building new generation facilities.
When committee members asked which state body he is moving to, Zhupanin refused to answer, explaining that it could affect the vote.
“I’ll give you an example: I’m going to the state Naftogaz. Some colleagues will say, ‘Oh, state Naftogaz.’ Your person can definitely influence the committee vote now,” the deputy said by way of example.
According to him, the decision to resign the mandate depends on the vote of the majority of colleagues in parliament, so he considers it premature to comment on details before the vote. Zhupanin promised to disclose information about his new place of work on Friday if he succeeds in resigning his mandate on Thursday.
Andriy Zhupanin
At the session on 18 August, the Verkhovna Rada received two people's deputies: Bohdan Morklyanyk and Viktoriya Reznikova. They were elected from the Servant of the People lists and were able to join the ranks of deputies due to the resignation of powers by Vitaliy Bezhyn and Denys Maslov, who moved to the Cabinet.
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