The Verkhovna Rada approved a new composition of the Central Election Commission on Wednesday.

The corresponding decision was supported by 410 people's deputies.

Before that, the deputies held a rating vote for individual candidates.

According to them, the CEC included Yaroslav Davydovych, who was supported by 273 deputies, Yuriy Donchenko, who was supported by 245, the quota of the SDPU(o), Serhiy Dubovyk, who was supported by 392 deputies, Valentyna Zavalevska, who was supported by 297, Ruslan Knyazevych, who was supported by 249, Ihor Kachur, who was supported by 341, Andriy Mahera, who was supported by 254 deputies, Mykhailo Okhendovskyi (230), Bronislav Raikovskyi (246), Oleksandr Chupakhin (361), Maryna Stavniychuk (319).

These people were previously members of the CEC.

Also included in the CEC were Anatoliy Pysarenko (234 votes in favor) from "Our Ukraine", Mykola Melnyk from BYuT (251), Valeriy Sholudko (330) and Zhanna Usenko-Chorna (340), who was supported by 101 "Our Ukraine" members.

Serhiy Kivalov, who was supported by only 129, Valeriy Bondyk (216) and Yanukovych's lawyer at the Supreme Court (176) did not make it into the CEC.

Their voting was accompanied by whistling and cries of "Shame!". Realizing that he had not been elected to the CEC, Kivalov left the hall.

Mykhailo Okhendovskyi could also have failed to make it into the CEC, having received only 217 votes in the rating vote, but then the deputies managed to gather 230 votes for him.

As stated by "regional" deputy Samofalov, after the vote the "Regions of Ukraine" faction is not represented in the CEC. Both of its candidates failed the rating vote.

The CEC members took the oath before the Verkhovna Rada.

Ukrainska Pravda