The leader of the Batkivshchyna faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Yulia Tymoshenko, who is suspected of bribing MPs for the necessary parliamentary votes, is begging the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) not to choose a preventive measure for her.
She said this during a court session, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"I'm begging you not to choose a preventive measure for me," Tymoshenko said.
She appealed to the court with a request that if there was no way to avoid a preventive measure, then to choose a personal bail for her.
Tymoshenko stressed that in this case she will attend every court session and fulfill all procedural obligations that the court will impose on her by its decision.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) is asking the High Anti-Corruption Court to choose a UAH 50 million bail for the leader of the Batkivshchyna faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Yulia Tymoshenko. The prosecutor's office asks the court to ban Tymoshenko from communicating with other MPs. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has published records in the case of bribery of MPs: according to the investigation, Tymoshenko coordinated voting and personnel decisions. Yulia Tymoshenko reacted to the searches in the party office of the political force and called it political pressure. The NABU and SAPO caught the head of one of the parliamentary factions in the Verkhovna Rada giving bribes for voting.
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