Women from the opposition factions of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, have demanded permission to meet with former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
“We demand that women representing the opposition factions be allowed
to meet with our leader Yulia Tymoshenko,” Batkivschyna parliamentary
faction MP Oleksandra Kuzhel has said at the parliament’s morning
sitting on Friday.
She also said that the opposition factions want Ukrainian Prosecutor
General Viktor Pshonka to be invited to parliament to brief MPs on the
situation with violations of women’s rights in Ukraine.
Kuzhel also noted that the parliamentary opposition demands that
video surveillance cameras be removed from Tymoshenko’s ward and men
guarding the ex-premier be replaced by women.
In addition, the women from the parliamentary opposition demand that
former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko be provided with an
opportunity to undergo treatment at an independent clinic.
“Should they ignore [these demands], we promise to organize a women’s revolt,” Kuzhel said.
An Interfax-Ukraine reporter in the parliament said that
women-members of the parliamentary opposition stood near the rostrum
while Kuzhel was addressing the parliament.
