This weekend, activists of "Pora" set up an campaign tent in the center of Lutsk and began collecting signatures for the abolition of parliamentary immunity for deputies of local councils, a correspondent of the Western Information Corporation reported on October 17.\n\nAccording to the head of the Volyn regional organization of the political party "Pora," Lutsk City Council deputy Anton Sosnovskyi, the start of signature collection was preceded by the renunciation of parliamentary immunity by three "Pora" activists.\n\nOn October 10, Anton Sosnovskyi, Cherkasy City Council deputy Pavlo Karas, and Lviv City Council deputy Vitalii Zahainyi sent a letter to the President in which they renounce such a privilege as parliamentary immunity, since they "do not need it."\n\nThe "Pora" members also sent corresponding letters to the prosecutors of the cities where they reside.\n\nThe "Pora" activists plan to hand over the collected signatures for the abolition of parliamentary immunity for deputies of local councils to President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn in a month.
Volyn 'Pora' has started collecting signatures for the abolition of parliamentary immunity
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