Deputy Roman Landik, who beat up a young woman in a restaurant, has been expelled from the Regions Party faction in Luhansk City Council.
The head of the faction, Valeriy Halinkin, announced a respective statement at an extraordinary session of the city council on Wednesday.
He said that the statement had been unanimously adopted at a meeting of the faction.
"The Regions Party faction in Luhansk City Council expresses its indignation at the improper behavior of deputy Roman Landik and condemns his actions. We are confident that it is unacceptable to resolve conflict situations using physical force and violence against women," reads the statement.
Landik was also dismissed as head of the council’s standing commission on city infrastructure, transport and communications. Deputy Vasyl Vakulenko was appointed to this post.
As reported, Landik was expelled from the Regions Party on Tuesday, July 12.
The prosecutor’s office of Luhansk region opened a criminal case against Landik on charges of disorderly conduct (Part 3 of Article 296) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on July 7.
Earlier media reported that Landik had beaten up a young woman seated at another table in a restaurant. This incident was recorded on the video and the clip was posted on the Internet.
The injured woman, aged 20, is currently at the neurological department of Luhansk hospital suffering from concussion and bruising.
Landik is the son of Volodymyr Landik, a member of the Regions Party faction at Ukraine’s parliament.
