Communists support introduction of individual voting of MPs

17:02, 03.12.2012 1 min read

The faction of the Ukrainian Communist Party in parliament is ready to vote individually, its leader, Petro Symonenko, has said.

"On behalf of the faction I again declare that the faction will fulfill the constitutional requirement with respect to personal voting," he said at a meeting of the parliament's conciliatory council on Monday.

He also said that the faction would vote for a draft resolution proposing the introduction of individual voting by MPs.

While addressing the opposition, Symonenko said: "Here we have to act so that everyone realizes that you're defending yourselves, and how you propose to resolve this problem."

As reported, the BYT-Batkivschyna is insisting on the individual vote of MPs.

"We are demanding the consideration of this issue [on the individual voting of MPs], therefore if this bill is considered at a meeting of the working group today, then we will come," the leader of the faction, Andriy Kozhemiakin, said at a meeting of the parliament's conciliatory council.