The MP Vitaliy Bort, elected from the already banned "Opposition Platform — For Life" (OPZZh), was excluded from the Temporary Investigative Commission (TIC) on the Arrangement of Fortifications and Procurement of Drones, which the Verkhovna Rada created on May 22 of this year.
The MP from the "Voice" faction Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced this, and published the relevant resolution.
Bort will be replaced by Dmytro Razumkov, the head of the inter-factional association "Smart Politics". Yelyzaveta Bohutska, a deputy from "Servant of the People", was also expelled from TIC. Her party colleague Ihor Mudryi will take her place.
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In his post, Zheleznyak mentioned the recent material of the Schemes project about Bort. On January 16, 2014, he voted for the "dictatorial laws", which were passed with gross violations in order to preserve the regime of Viktor Yanukovych, he flew to the occupied Crimea from Russia several times (between 2014 and 2016), and in 2023 he went to Hungary for a meeting with Viktor Orbanʼs ally Lorints Nocho, who is not allowed to enter Ukraine. Bort officially went there on a business trip for 6 days, but stayed abroad for 2 months. After that, the Prosecutor Generalʼs Office announced that they were investigating a criminal case "on the fact of official forgery", but the results of the investigation were never announced.
- On May 22, 2024, the Verkhovna Rada created a temporary investigative commission on fortifications and the purchase of drones. Its composition included 15 deputies. The representative of "Servant of the People" Mykola Zadorozhnyi was appointed as the head of the commission. The TIC should work for a year. Its members must submit a report on their work no later than six months from the date of formation.