Like his mother, member of parliament Olena Kopanchuk, Dmytro ran on the «Servant of People»’s ticket and managed to become a city council deputy in Rudky, a town in Lviv oblast with a population of a little more than 5000 people. It’s interesting that not a single local constituents voted for Dmytro directly when the «Servant of People» crossed a 5% threshold they managed to bring three deputies into the council Dmytro Kopanchuk, who was 20 back then, was in charge of several companies and was doing his degree in Lviv Polytechnic University. A year before he received a bachelor’s degree there and enrolled into master’s course in «electric power industry electrical engineering and electromechanics» Still, according to the information found by NGL.media he never used the opportunity to continue his studies in Lviv Polytechnic University Despite the effective prohibition for military aged men to leave the country At least twice (on July 24-25 and August 1-18) he left as a volunteer driver through «Shliakh» information system According to the answer «UkrTransBezpeka» gave in response to NGL.media’s request it was Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration that registered Kopanchuk in «Shliakh» system і His mother was elected a deputy of Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) from single member district No.189 in Khmelnytskyi Region NGL.media editorial team didn’t receive any answer from Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration about the organization that had requested the permit for the MP’s son departure Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law Volodymyr Kopanchuk (photo by Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law) Volodymyr Kopanchuk returned to Ukraine in the same car і According to the NGL.media’s source at the customs together with Volodymyr Fedorchuk ex-deputy of Khmelnytskyi regional council and Olena Kopanchuk’s former business partner Fedorchuk personally confirmed to NGL.media that he had returned to Ukraine together with Kopanchuk-senior On March 25 Volodymyr Kopanchuk was fined for breaking traffic rules in Ternopil region when he was driving the same Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 150 і confirmed NGL.media’s source in the patrol police It directly contradicts the legal requirement of returning to the country not later than the accompanied person with disability His mother, people’s deputy Olena Kopanchuk refused to talk to NGL.media despite the numerous attempts on our side turned out to be taciturn as well and said goodbye quite early in the conversation: «Why should I tell you how to contact my son For more than seven months Dmytro Kopanchuk never turned up at Rudky city council where he is a deputy from the «Servant of People» party «I know from his words he’s attending his studies clarified that the last time the deputy was seen in the city council premises was on December 15 last year How he left the country or why – [knowing it] is not in my job description [Dmytro Kopanchuk’s] number that I have – he’s not responding it It’s not possible to punish him for non-attendance in any way That’s his political party that can recall him In total, deputies of Rudky city council convened 24 times since autumn 2020 The city council could have suspended the deputy’s mandate based on his personal request Olena Kopanchuk in Verkhovna Rada session hall (photo from Facebook) If a deputy misses more than a half of local council meetings during a year without an admissible excuse, it is a reason to initiate his recall and unseating A local council can also contact the local organization of the political party from which the deputy was elected and make the corresponding proposal A local branch of a political party from which the deputy was elected Local constituents can also do it under the people’s initiative «Failure to attend more than 50% of the council’s meeting serves as the ground for recall but it doesn’t become effective automatically project manager for the elections and local self-government of «OPORA» NGO in Lviv oblast the very process of recall is complicated and can linger Four days weren’t enough for the local branch of the «Servant of People» party to answer NGL.media’s questions about their representative in Rudky town council Dmytro Kopanchuk 22 is a director and owner/co-owner of at least ten companies: LLC «EK Rashivka-Psel» Financial reports for 2022 are available only for two companies – LLC «Obzor» (income 593,200 hryvnias net profit 8,000 hryvnias) and LLC «Hidrosvit» (income 1,363,700 hryvnias P. S. On August 9th, Dmytro Kopanchuk sent a written statement to the Rudky town council requesting to be relieved of his parliamentary powers. On September 7 deputies unanimously expelled him from the city council На підпис до ворога. Як впливові українці вирішують долю власного майна в окупованому Криму Син Дубневича виїхав з України у день вторгнення росіян і досі не повернувся. NGL.media is an independent anticorruption center founded by a group of journalists in 2013 under the name of «Nashi Groshi.Lviv» NGL.media is working owing to support from international donors and readers; NGO «Lviv Group» is a website publisher All NGL.media materials can be freely distributed provided the hyperlink to the original publication is included Lost your password? 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