“Svoboda” politial party called to prohibit Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Ukraine

March 22, 2017 – In the city of Khmelnitsky, the deputies rejected the provocation of the “Svoboda” party – its representatives tried to vote in the “package” for “the cancellation of registration of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Ukraine,” reports the Information and Education Department of the UOC (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) citing the YouTube channel of the Khmelnitsky City Council.

As reported, the information about the proposal was not even mentioned on the official website of the City Council.

The “Svoboda” deputy, Leonid Grach, put this idea forward with the support of his fellow party members.

Only 10 out of 39 deputies voted for the proposal.

Initially, at an extraordinary session of the Khmelnitsky City Council on March 15, it was about accepting an appeal to the leadership of the State for the peaceful settlement of the socio-political situation in Ukraine.

However, at the last moment the people’s deputy from “Svoboda” proposed to vote together with other points of the appeal for the “prohibition of the ROC in Ukraine” – most likely he meant the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the resource says. The initiative did not find support among the deputies of the City Council.

Sources
http://uoj.org.ua/en/novosti/sobytiya/khmelnitsky-deputies-do-not-fall-for-the-provocation-of-svoboda-to-ban-the-uoc