Representatives of the factions of the SDPU(o) and "Regions of Ukraine" before the start of the session meeting on Tuesday hung posters in the parliament session hall calling on the leader of the "Our Ukraine" faction, presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, to apologize, reports a "proUA" correspondent.
During the plenary session, 294 parliamentarians registered in the session hall. Members of the SDPU(o), "Labor Ukraine," NDP-PPPU, and "Regions of Ukraine" refused to participate in the registration.
The coordinator of the parliamentary majority, Stepan Havrysh, tried to hand the parliament speaker Lytvyn a statement demanding that a recess be announced in the meeting. However, the speaker noted that deputies of the aforementioned factions must first register and only after that bring the statement.
Posters with the inscriptions: "Yushchenko lying? The answer is 'Yes!'", "No to terrorism!", "Yushchenko! 'PORA' apologize!", "Yushchenko is lying!" were hung on the balconies of the session hall. Some deputies from these factions positioned themselves on the balconies near the posters in order to watch that no one tore them down.
In addition, a deputy from the SDPU(o) faction, Nestor Shufrych, hung a chemical protection suit along with a bag on the chair of the Verkhovna Rada Deputy Chairman Oleksandr Zinchenko. Later, one of the deputies from "Our Ukraine" removed it. Meanwhile, people's deputies from the "Our Ukraine" faction who are in the hall react calmly to the hung posters and make no attempts to remove them.
Representatives of the SDPU(o) faction and "Regions of Ukraine" also blocked the parliamentary tribune.