Lawmaker of Ukraine Mykola Rudkovskyi wrote an application on withdrawal from the Party of Regions faction.
According to an UNIAN correspondent, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Rybak said this at news conference, answering questions of journalists concerning existence of applications on withdrawal from the factions in the parliament.
He noted that he received an application of M. Rudkovskyi concerning withdrawal from the Party of Regions.
V. Rybak reminded that M. Rudkovskyi was elected head of the Socialist Party at the convention of the SPU.