Oleksandr Bryhynets,
Batkivshchyna lawmaker
“I understand both sides of this conflict. I am against any physical attacks on people over any of their beliefs. But this incident will not influence my cooperation with Svoboda in parliament. For peace to be in society, no one should be doing any provocations, be they gay, Svoboda, Yanukovych or lesbians.”
Serhiy Sobolev,
Batkivshchyna lawmaker
“I am tolerant of many things. But I am a person who believes in Christian values. I am not a judge. I have known people in Svoboda for some 20 years, so I judge them not by this single event, but based on many cases.”
Eduard Hurvits,
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms lawmaker
“I would not want this [incident] to reflect on our cooperation. We have different political goals and priorities. But there some issues that unite us, and I would not want such incidents to affect this cooperation. I think Svoboda (Freedom) means that everyone can freely express their own views. In any case this should not be done.”
Oles Doniy,
non-allied lawmaker
“I am against all kinds of xenophobia. This [incident] will not influence my cooperation in parliament. I always tell them what not to do. I told them not to do their ‘Uman without Hassids’ activities. I think they should raise their level of culture in order not to discredit Ukraine’s [opposition] movement. But for such differences between the three opposition parties in the parliament, it would have already become a single political force.”
