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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that MPs should have immunity only for their political position, and not when it comes to administrative and criminal offences.

“An MP, politician, who speaks in the parliament, must have immunity, but only for his political position in the parliament… But outside parliament, it’s an ordinary person,” Poroshenko said in the interview with Inter TV channel on June 26.