A majority at the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada did not support a proposal by the Opposition Platform – For Life faction members on setting up an ad hoc investigative commission to probe the mass unrest in Odesa on May 2, 2014, which left dozens dead and hundreds injured.
Only 79 parliamentarians supported the draft resolution on establishing a provisional investigative commission of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada to investigate facts of mass unrest in the city of Odesa that happened on May 2, 2014 and caused grave consequences, and also the inappropriate performance by law enforcement agencies of their duties on upholding law and maintaining public order. For a resolution to be valid, it had to be supported by at least 226 parliamentarians.
An explanatory note to the draft resolution says that public events in Odesa on May 2, 2014 grew into mass unrest in which numerous people died.
“Taking into account the extremely grave consequences caused by the events in the city of Odesa on May 2, 2014 and in order to prevent such incidents in the future, the circumstances of the tragedy require a full and comprehensive investigation by the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada,” the explanatory note says.
It was reported earlier that 48 people were killed and over 200 more were injured in clashes in Odesa on May 2, 2014.
