New Ukrainian lawmakers take oath of office
Ukrinform
The members of the Parliament of Ukraine of the ninth convocation took the oath of office.
As an Ukrinform correspondent reports, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of the previous convocation Andriy Parubiy invited the oldest lawmaker, 78-year-old Yuliy Ioffe from the "Opposition Platform - For Life" party, to read out the oath.
Parubiy noted that the newly elected MPs had time to sign the oath by 13:00 pm and announced the end of the solemn meeting.
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on July 21.
The Central Election Commission registered 424 people's deputies.
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