An MP from the "European Solidarity" party criticized colleagues who do not support the ban of the UOC

MP from Petro Poroshenko’s European Solidarity party, Rostyslav Pavlenko, has criticized his colleagues in parliament who refuse to support Bill 8371, which aims to ban the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Pavlenko believes that MPs who refuse to vote for the ban are playing on Zelensky’s fears. He wrote about this in an op-ed on the Pryamyy website.

«An attempt to play on the fears of Zelensky and his office: «the project is beneficial to Poroshenko». The project is beneficial to Ukraine because it cuts off the most powerful and «famous», in the article’s terminology, the «Russian world»‘s matsak. That’s why Poroshenko and European Solidarity support it,» — Pavlenko writes.

The MP added that the media manipulate the fact that Bill No. 8371 will be aimed at banning the UOC. He believes that this law is about the choice «between Ukraine and Muscovy.»

«It is an outright lie that the draft law on the ban of the Moscow church ‘practically bans the UOC’. The law is not about a «ban» but about a choice that will have to be made. You are with God and Ukraine — or with heresiarch Kirill and Putin’s Mscovy,» — the MP added.

Earlier, we reported that one of the main ideologues of Bill No. 8371, aimed at banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, MP from the European Solidarity party Mykola Kniazhytskyi, said that in order to achieve peace in Ukraine, it is necessary to adopt a law restricting the UOC. The MP believes that the law should be adopted even though the