Andriy Shevchenko, a lawmaker (not the Chelsea footballer) from the Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc in the Verkhovna Rada, said that deputies of his faction have signed statements giving up their seats.
Shevchenko did not disclose how many of the caucus members have signed such statements, but said that the move is a signal of readiness to give the Ukrainian president an additional argument to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada. The presidium of the opposition Our Ukraine People's Union also adopted a decision ordering caucus's members to give up their seats.
According to the Ukrainian legislation, the work of the Verkhovna Rada becomes illegitimate when 150 deputies vacate their seats. The Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine caucuses have 125 and 77 deputies, respectively.
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