CVU assessed the activity of the MPs who are potential candidates for the post of President of Ukraine. These are politicians who have already stated their participation in the elections or whose participation is expected as suppose experts. In total, the work of 14 deputies was assessed. Among them, Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleg Lyashko, Yuriy Boyko, Olexander Vilkul, Mykhailo Dobkin, Vadym Novinsky, Vadim Rabinovich, Evgenii Muraev, Sergei Kaplin, Vitaliy Kupriy, Viktor Chumak, Andriy Biletskyi, Serhiy Taruta, Oleksandr Shevchenko.
Their work was assessed by such parameters as attending plenary sittings of the Verkhovna Rada and committee meetings, voting, and the success of legislative work. Timeframe: February-July 2018 (8 session of the Verkhovna Rada).
The mentioned politicians mainly demonstrate low efficiency of work in the Verkhovna Rada. Thus, 10 out of 14 candidates ignore parliamentary voting, seven politicians have never visited their committee meetings for the last session. Comparing with the other deputies, the highest rates of work has V. Chumak.
Y. Tymoshenko missed 21% of plenary sessions of the Verkhovna Rada, O. Lyashko - 13%, Y. Boyko - 1%, O. Vilkul - 61%, M. Dobkin - 89%, V. Novinskyi - 25%, V. Rabinovich - 75%, J. Muraev - 92%, S. Kaplin - 18%, V. Kupriy - 38%, V. Chumak - 7%, A. Biletsky - 58%, S. Taruta - 24, O. Shevchenko - 4%. Data of written registration.
Y. Tymoshenko missed 89% of votings in the Verkhovna Rada, O. Lyashko - 54%, Y. Boyko - 93%, O. Vіlkul - 90%, M. Dobkin - 91%, V. Novinsky - 86%, V. Rabinovich - 99 %, J. Murayev - 99%, S. Kaplin - 68%, V. Kupriy - 94%, V. Chumak - 64%, A. Biletsky - 89%, S. Taruta - 86%, O. Shevchenko - 76%.
Part of the deputies did not attend any meeting of the committee, members of which they are. This applies to Y. Tymoshenko, Y. Boyko, O. Vilkul, M. Dobkin, V. Novinsky, V. Rabinovich and A. Biletsky. O. Lyashko missed 67% of committee meetings, J. Muraev - 92%, S. Kaplin - 11%, V. Kupriy - 45%, S. Taruta - 36%, O. Shevchenko - 47%. V. Chumak did not miss any committee meeting.
The efficiency of some politicians is virtually equal to nul. Y. Tymoshenko registered 14 draft laws and regulations (5 of which were adopted), O. Lyashko - 32 (12 adopted), Yu. Boyko - 10 (1), O. Vilkul - 29 (0), M. Dobkin - 0, В (4), V. Kupriy - 24 (0), V. Chumak - 7 0), A. Beletsky - 11 (0), S. Taruta - 10 (2), O. Shevchenko - 26 (0).
CVU publishes data on the work of potential candidates for the President of Ukraine on a monthly basis.
