Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy closed a parliament session on Thursday, October 5, which failed to vote on Donbas reintegration bills due to blocking of the parliament's presidium members, and announced a new session on Friday morning, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Prior to the failure to vote on two presidential bills on Donbas – Nos. 7163 and 7164, lawmakers managed to conduct debates on them.
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Later a few dozen MPs, including those from Samopomich and nonaligned ones, gathered in the presidium area and near the parliamentary rostrum and attempted to block the parliament's work.
In particular, Samopomich MPs Yehor Sobolev and Viktoria Voitsytska started to unscrew Parubiy's microphones while he was absent at his workplace.
Parubiy wanted to get back to work, but he was blocked, which was followed by a brawl.
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After that Parubiy announced a break in the parliament's work and called on the leaders of the parliamentarian factions to gather for a meeting.
In keeping with the parliament procedure rules, lawmakers cannot move to other issues on the agenda until these bills have been considered.