Thousands of people from all over Ukraine gathered early on Oct. 17 near Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, for a rally to demand that parliament pass a law that will strip the Ukrainian lawmakers of their immunity from prosecution. The protesters also demanded the creation of anti-corruption courts and the adoption of a new electoral law. The rally was attended by members of numerous political forces: Mikheil Saakashvili’s Movement of New Forces, Batkivshchyna, Svoboda, National Corps, Samopomich, AutoMaidan, Reanimation Package of Reforms, and Donbas volunteer battalions. Ex-Governor Saakashvili, a fierce critic of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, spoke at the rally.
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