“Not a single party will have military units,” Poroshenko said during a parliamentary session.
“This right belongs to the state. No one is allowed to rent out patriotic chevrons to bandits,” Poroshenko added.
The president spoke about a recent shootout between police, locals and members of the Right Sector paramilitary group in the western Ukrainian town of Mukachevo. The paramilitray group is a de facto military wing of a Ukrainian political party which holds one seat in the country's parliament.
Poroshenko stressed that the right to have armed forces was reserved for the state. "No one is allowed to rent out patriotic chevrons to bandits," he said.
The Right Sector’s press service defended its members, saying they were trying to dismantle smuggling routes, allegedly controlled by local officials, when they claim police opened fire on them without warning.
The Right Sector paramilitary group played a major role in the violent clashes with police that led to the February 2014 government overthrow.
