Ukrainian parliament dismisses Lazebna as social policy minister

18.07.2022, 16:03 ukrinform.net

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has dismissed Maryna Lazebna as minister of social policy. Some 277 MPs voted for a respective decision, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a people's deputy from the Holos parliamentary faction, said in a Telegram post. He also added that the vote on the appointment of Oksana Zholnovych as Ukraine's social plicy minister "will take place soon, but not today." He recalled that only 27.2% or six out of 22 ministers from the initial composition of the 2020 government continue to work in the current Cabinet of Ministers.