Verkhovna Rada has created a commission for monitoring arms supplies to Ukraine
YEVHEN KIZILOV – TUESDAY, 19 JULY 2022, 19:57
The Verkhovna Rada [Parliament] of Ukraine has created a special temporary commission for monitoring the receipt and use of international material and technical aid, particularly arms, under martial law.
Source: the Verkhovna Rada website
Details: Rustem Ymerov, the deputy from the "Holos" ("Voice") Fraction, has been appointed head of the special temporary commission; Oleksandr Zavitnevych, a deputy from the "Sluha Narody" ("Servant of the People") party, has been chosen deputy head.
Quote: "The newly created special temporary commission will carry out following tasks: preparation and submission to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, in due course, of legislative initiatives for creating a model of parliamentary oversight of the receipt and use of international material and technical aid (particularly arms); conducting parliamentary hearings on violations of the principles of legitimacy, justice and transparency in using such aid".
Background:
- Andrii Yermak, the Head of the President’s Office, had suggested creating a special temporary commission to monitor the use of the arms received from Ukraine’s Western partners.
- He made this suggestion after Victoria Spartz, an American congresswoman, had expressed her concern with the current mechanism of controlling the arms supplies to Ukraine and assumed that Yermak may be the reason behind this situation.
