The Verkhovna Rada during the plenary session on July 1 appointed a new Commissioner for Human Rights to replace Lyudmila Denisova. The new ombudsman was the people’s deputy, chairman of the parliamentary committee on human rights, de-occupation and reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories, national minorities and interethnic relations Dmitry Lubinets.
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After an hour of discussion, Lubinets’ candidacy was supported by 250 deputies.
Most of the votes for this appointment were given by the “servants of the people” – 181. Representatives of the “European Solidarity” did not give a single vote.
Voting results by factions:
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Servant of the people – 181;
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EU – 0;
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Motherland – 10;
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Platform for Life and Peace – 14;
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For the future – 9;
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Voice – 8;
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Trust – 12;
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Restoration of Ukraine – 3;
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Non-fractional – 13.
In 2019, Lubinets was elected to the Council as a non-partisan self-nominated candidate in the 60th district (Donetsk region). In 2014, he was a negotiator for the Petro Poroshenko Bloc in the same constituency. According to media reports, Lubinets was one of the deputies who signed the submission in 2017, on the basis of which the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional and canceled the article on punishment for illicit enrichment. In December 2021, he was among the deputies who submitted a bill proposing the restoration of a mixed (proportional-majority) electoral system. The speaker of the parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, proposed to appoint Lubinets to the post of ombudsman.
Source: Racurs
