Rada dismisses Bezuhla from the post of Deputy Head of the National Security Committee
19 September 2024 13:09
The Verkhovna Rada has dismissed MP Mariana Bezuhla from the post of deputy chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian", citing the Telegram channel of Voice MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
The decision was supported by 252 MPs.
“Parliament has dismissed Mariana Bezuhla from the post of deputy head of the Defence Committee and even a member of the committee,” Zheleznyak wrote.
According to him, Bezuhla was instead transferred to the position of a member of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation.
Earlier, Bezuhla was removed from the post of chairman of the subcommittee on democratic civilian control and was included in the “Peacemaker” party. 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.
Scandals with Bezuhla
Bezuhla is known for her criticism of the former 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.”
on 7 February , Bezuhla was expelled from the Servant of the People party.
on 22 July, the committee again voted to expel Bezuhla from the party, but this requires a decision by the entire session hall.
