BYT-Batkivschyna faction MP Roman Zabzaliuk has sent to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka a letter with a request to investigate the illegal actions of people's deputies connected with bribery.
"I’m reporting illegal actions committed by representatives of certain political forces aimed at violating the voting rights of Ukrainian citizens. Representatives of the Reforms for Future deputy group, in particular its leadership, consciously commit illegal actions aimed at falsifying the results of the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine," reads Zabzaliuk’s statement posted on the Web site of the Batkivschyna Party on Friday.
The MP also mentioned that as evidence he has a recording taped by him during a conversation with the head of the Reforms for Future group, Ihor Rybakov.
"This recording obviously confirms the fact that some of people’s deputies of Ukraine had received especially big rewards (about $500,000) for transferring from one faction to another. In addition, the recording proves that activity of some people’s deputies of Ukraine is aimed at falsifying the results of the upcoming elections to the Verkhovna Rada, and that funds for discrediting the leadership and the oppositional parties in general are paid to create incentives for such further actions," Zabzaliuk said.
According to the MP, people’s deputies receive $20,000-25,000 monthly and around $500,000 on the results of their work, while, according to the legislation, the Verkhovna Rada set a monthly salary for people’s deputies of Hr 6,109.
"I’m asking the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine to investigate whether people’s deputies of Ukraine that have extra incomes every month are fulfilling the current legislation of Ukraine, and check whether the source of such payments is legal. I’m also asking the Prosecutor General’s Office to take measures to prevent consciously illegal actions to falsify the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine scheduled for Oct. 28, 2012," Zabzaliuk said.
