On June 9, the political party “European Solidarity”, led by Ukraine’s 5th President Petro Poroshenko, held a congress presenting candidates for snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada.
As reported by “Channel 24”, the political force has also presented candidates to run in the majority districts.
“Voice alone is not enough; we need strength and we are strong, we need experience and we are experienced. Society today demands a reboot of the entire political class. We are renewing our team. Some are taking their first steps in politics. We offered them spots in our list, as they’ve been serving Ukrainian people their entire life. Someone appoints those from “Kvartal 95”, and we appreciate those who went through brigade 95,” Poroshenko stressed during his speech.
Top-10 of the “European Solidarity” are:
1. Andriy Parubiy – Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the 8 convocation
2. Iryna Herashchenko – First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
3. Mykhailo Zabrodskyi – commander of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces, lieutenant general, and a Hero of Ukraine
4. Sofiya Fedyna – Euromaidan activist, singer
5. Mustafa Dzhemilev – dissident, human rights advocate, Crimean Tatar leader
6. Yana Zinkevych – Commander of the Hospitallers Medical Battalion, veteran
7. Oleh Synyutka – Governor of Lviv Oblast
8. Akhtem Chiygoz – political prisoner, Ukrainian Crimean Tatar politician, deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people
9. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze – Vice-Prime-Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
As “Apostrophe” reported earlier, at the end of May, the MUSTLOOK sociological center conducted a poll on electoral sympathies before Verkhovna Rada elections.