Brussels – European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule has stated that the annulment of Serhiy Vlasenko's parliamentary mandate is not a European way and it does not bring Ukraine closer to the European Union.
“Stripping a parliamentarian of his mandate like being done in case of Vlasenko is not European way. Does this bring Ukraine closer to EU?” he wrote on his page on Twitter.
As reported, on March 6, 2013, the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine ruled to annul Vlasenko’s parliamentary mandate.
Thus, the court upheld a relevant lawsuit of Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Rybak.
Rybak explained his appeal to the court by the fact that Vlasenko practices advocacy and is a people’s deputy at the same time.
Vlasenko is a member of the defense team of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a number of criminal cases against her.
