Zelenskyy appoints new representative in Ukraine's parliament

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Halyna Mykhailiuk as his representative in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).

Source: Presidential Decree No. 823/2023

Quote: "To appoint Halyna Mykhailiuk as the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (with her consent)."

Reference: Halyna Mykhailiuk is an MP from the Servant of the People party, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement, and co-chair of parliamentary groups of the Verkhovna Rada on inter-parliamentary relations with Japan and Australia.

MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak wrote on Telegram that Mykhailiuk deserves this position. "Halyna Mykhailiuk and I co-chair two very important friendship groups: Japan and Australia. She led our delegation and in her work, she gave her all 110%. You see the result in support," he said.

According to the Chesno movement, at the end of 2022, Mykhailiuk voted for urban reform ( bill No.5655), which was introduced in the interests of developers and levelled the influence of citizens on the reconstruction of Ukraine.

Background:

• On 7 December, President Zelenskyy dismissed his then-representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Fedir Venislavskyi, without explaining what the reason for this move was.
• The day before his firing, Venislavskyi said that Mariana Bezuhla’s involvement in the National Security, Defence and Intelligence Committee is a threat to national security. Bezuhla is a member of the Ukrainian parliament for President Zelenskyy’s Sluha Narodu (Servant of the People) party who has recently said that Ukraine’s military top brass should resign because Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi has failed to offer a plan for next year. Her comment caused a public outcry.
• Venislavskyi said he was dismissed because of his high level of involvement in military projects.

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