“Yulia Tymoshenko stated that the NABU audio recordings have nothing to do with her and promises to prove it in court.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: a message on Tymoshenko’s page Facebook
Direct speech: “I officially declare that the published audio recordings have nothing to do with me.
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I reject all the accusations and, as always, I will prove their baselessness in court. I’ve done it more than once.”
Prehistory:
· Anti-corruption authorities said that the head of one of the parliamentary factions was exposed for offering illegal benefits to a number of people’s deputies who belong to factions not headed by this person, for voting “for” or “against” specific draft laws.
· Preliminary qualification of the case: Part 4 of Art. 369 (paraoffer, promise or giving an undue advantage to an official) CC of Ukraine.
· On the morning of January 14, UP interlocutors in political circles reported that anti-corruption bodies announced the suspicion of Yulia Tymoshenko, head of the “Batkivshchyna” faction.
· Subsequently Tymoshenko confirmed that the office was searched party, but stated that it rejects all accusations.
· In the recordings made public by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the leader of the “Fatherland” faction, Yulia Tymoshenko, is allegedly discussing with an unknown deputy the system of payment for specific votes in the Verkhovna Rada.