Svyryba refused the mandate: who will replace Kormyshkina?
6 March 2025 22:27
Inna Svyryba, who was recognized as the elected MP instead of Iryna Kormyshkina, filed a statement of resignation. Now, the next candidate, Serhiy Melnyk, will get a seat in the Rada. This was reported by the press service of the Central Election Commission, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“Inna Svyryba, who was recognized as an elected member of the Ukrainian parliament in the early parliamentary elections on July 21, 2019, in the nationwide multi-mandate constituency from the Servant of the People political party, filed an application to resign her parliamentary mandate,” the CEC said in a statement.
The Commission examined the document and found that Inna Svyryba did not receive a parliamentary mandate. At the same time, the CEC confirmed that Serhiy Melnyk, who is next on the list of the Servant of the People party at #149, was elected as a member of the Ukrainian parliament in the 2019 elections.
The powers of MP Iryna Kormyshkina were terminated early by the Verkhovna Rada at a meeting on February 25.
The scandal surrounding Kormyshkina began after the NABU notified her of suspicion of illicit enrichment. In October last year, NABU and SAPO notified Kormyshkina of suspicion because of her 20 million dollars in assets of dubious origin.
Subsequently, the MP was bailed out by the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, and the head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration, Vitaliy Kim.
A few weeks ago, MP Kormyshkina was served a notice of suspicion of failure to declare her assets.
As a reminder, in 2020, a video was circulated online in which the head of the Servant of the People party and the head of the faction, MPs Oleksandr Kornienko and David Arakhamia discussed their colleague Iryna Allakhverdieva, comparing her to a “ship’s pine tree.”
In 2023, Allakhverdieva married Yurii Kormyshkin, a member of the Mykolaiv Regional Council, and changed her surname. Kormyshkin is the owner of the PAEK agricultural holding.
