Alexander Tkachenko was elected head of the Verkhovna Rada for the 18th time. Then the parliament could not decide on a leader for 3 months. This is how the media coined the term “speakeriad”.
Ukrainian politician and former head of the Verkhovna Rada (1998-2000) Alexander Tkachenko, who was 85, died. This was announced today, January 5, by journalist Nikolai Kanishevsky, who worked as Tkachenko’s press secretary during his leadership of the Verkhovna Rada.
“The legendary Alexander Nikolaevich Tkachenko has died. He was the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada in the late 1990s, a member of the “Kanev Four” in opposition to President Kuchma, and the author of the phrase “I am not the first , but not the second one.” This is how he answered the question of who is in Ukraine What is more important: the president or the chairman of the parliament?” Alexander Tkachenko was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada for the 18th time. Then the parliament could not decide on a leader for 3 months. This is how the media came up with the term “speakeriad,” the journalist said.
Kanishevsky added that for the last 10 years, Alexander Tkachenko has been sick and confined to a wheelchair.
The funeral is scheduled for Saturday, January 6; he will be buried in the Baikovo cemetery next to his wife.
Let’s remember that in May 2022, the first president of independent Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, died.
On June 26, 2014, Ivan Plusch, a Ukrainian statesman, two-time Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, died.
Source: korrespondent
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