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Differences over how to end the war ultimately led to Oleksiy Honcharenko’s expulsion from European Solidarity — we look into how 12 years of political partnership ended.
After 12 years of working together, Oleksiy Honcharenko and Petro Poroshenko’s team have finally split: on 14 October the Verkhovna Rada announced the deputy’s exclusion from the European Solidarity faction. The reason was disagreements over how to end the war, and the politician himself said the decision came as a surprise to him. He retains his mandate and will continue working outside the faction of his former associates.
People’s Deputy of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharenko was officially expelled from the parliamentary faction European Solidarity. He reported the announcement made in the session hall on 14 October in his Telegram channel. The politician thanked colleagues for 12 years of cooperation and said he will continue to work for Ukraine.
This followed a faction decision published on 5 October. European Solidarity explained that Honcharenko’s views on ending the war and Ukraine’s future security system diverged from the party’s ideological principles. At the same time, his former associates emphasized that the split does not negate years of joint work.
According to People’s Deputy Iryna Friz, the proposal to take separate political paths was put forward by Petro Poroshenko, and faction members supported it unanimously. She also said that Honcharenko’s proposals were not presented to colleagues in advance: they learned about them from a publication.
The discussion was sparked by the deputy’s vision for ending the war. Honcharenko proposed gradually making separate agreements with Russia, starting with a halt to strikes on infrastructure and ensuring the safety of navigation. Among his other ideas were phased easing of sanctions on Russian energy resources after agreements were carried out, discussion of Ukraine’s neutral status, and involving international guarantors. The deputy denied that his proposals amounted to capitulation.
After the faction’s decision, Honcharenko said he does not intend to burn bridges with his former associates, although he acknowledges fundamental differences. Later in an interview he admitted the expulsion was a surprise to him, a challenge, and a kind of blow.
Thus, the long-standing cooperation with Poroshenko’s team has ended, and Honcharenko continues his parliamentary work separately from its faction. He retains his deputy mandate because he was elected in a majoritarian district. Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk confirmed this and noted that Honcharenko’s further representation as part of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE requires separate discussion.
Recall that StopCor earlier reported on Honcharenko’s reaction to being added to the Myrotvorets database. The politician criticized the resource and called it a tool of political intrigues.
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