Rada is ready to convene session as early as tomorrow if president submits request, - Rakhmanin

The Rada is ready to convene to appoint a defense minister

The Verkhovna Rada is ready to convene at any time to appoint a new defense minister, but the president has not yet submitted the relevant nomination

Serhii Rakhmanin, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence and a "Voice" MP, made this statement in an interview with journalist Iryna Romaliiska, according to Censor.NET.

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He described the appointment of the defense minister as a "series of complex legal decisions."

"This is not the first nor the last decision that, unfortunately, the president has made—to put it mildly—without adhering to the Constitution and the law.

The problem is not that the Verkhovna Rada will not be holding plenary sessions for quite some time. That is why our country will be without a defense minister. The issue is that there is no nomination for the position of defense minister.

As soon as a nomination is submitted, the Verkhovna Rada will convene as directed and vote," Rakhmanin explained.

According to the MP, no one is opposed to convening as early as tomorrow.

"As soon as the Conciliation Council’s finalized agenda is released, as soon as the president’s proposal is submitted. If it’s released tomorrow, then there will be a plenary session the day after tomorrow. It’s exactly the opposite.

It’s not that the president isn’t submitting it because the Verkhovna Rada isn’t in session. The Verkhovna Rada isn’t convening because the president isn’t submitting it. There are no problems whatsoever," the lawmaker added.

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