BRUSSELS – The situation with the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko continues to be the focus of attention of the European Parliament.
Ukrainian Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights Nina Karpachova spoke on her case at a special meeting of the European Parliament’s committee on cooperation with Ukraine in Strasbourg, the head of the committee Pawel Kowal (Group of the European Conservatives and Reformists, Poland) said in a telephone interview with Interfax-Ukraine after the meeting.
According to him, the members of the committee decided to invite Karpachova in order to obtain "objective and politically unbiased information about the situation with Yulia Tymoshenko and other former members of the government who are currently under arrest."
"Today, Karpachova has informed us about her work as the Ukrainian ombudsman, spoke about her meetings with representatives of major political groups," said Elmar Brok (Group of the European People’s Party, Germany), and Libor Roucek (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, the Czech Republic).
"She said that she was in regular contact with Tymoshenko, told us about her visit to the prison and much more," the MEP said.
According Kowal, Tymoshenko’s case is still among the most important political issues for the European Parliament.
"The situation with Tymoshenko’s is of interest to everyone in the European Parliament who deals with Ukraine, which is especially important in the view of the parliamentary elections, when everybody is wondering whether Tymoshenko will be able to take part in the elections," the European politician said.
In addition to Tymoshenko’s case, Karpachova briefed European parliamentarians about the development of the situation with former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko.
