Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction headed by Yuriy Lutsenko formed in parliament

13:52, 27.11.2014 1 min read

The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction has been created in the Verkhovna Rada of the eighth convocation.

An Interfax-Ukraine reporter said that a respective statement had been made by Volodymyr Hroisman, who is presiding at a parliament meeting on Thursday.

The faction includes 146 MPs and is led by Yuriy Lutsenko. Ihor Kononenko was elected first deputy head of the faction, whereas Ihor Hryniv, Vitaliy Kovalchuk, Taras Kutovy, Andriy Pavelko, Mykola Tomenko and Mustafa Nayyem were elected deputy heads of the faction.