We are glad to see the transfer in KS law on the abolition of parliamentary immunity

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman (PPO) said that the MPs on Thursday will vote for the direction of the constitutional court of the draft law on the abolition of parliamentary privacy.

The Parliament in mid-January brought into the agenda of the session, the draft of the constitutional amendments to abolish parliamentary privacy. He cancels the prohibition to draw parliamentarians accountable under the criminal code, to detain or arrest them without the consent of Parliament. The procedure document must undergo review at the constitutional court. The next session of the Parliament will start on 3 February. First, Groisman stated that consideration of the issue is expected in February.

" Thursday is a special day. We must vote for the direction of the constitutional court of the draft law on the removal of privacy with people's deputies and judges, " he wrote, Groisman Facebook in the evening on Sunday.

He added that on Tuesday in Parliament will address the issue of ensuring the country's defence and combating illegal activities of officials, and on Wednesday the ratification of several international agreements. On Thursday, as scheduled consideration of the draft law on the creation of new investment opportunities to enable " large-scale energomaterialy ", which, According to the Groisman, will enable Ukraine to save up to 1 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

Parliamentary and judicial privacy enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine. Making changes it requires special procedures. First, Glad sends the draft amendments to the constitutional court, which provides an opinion on its constitutionality - and in the case of a positive conclusion of the Rada may adopt the draft law in the first reading, for this we need at least 226 450 votes. Then the Parliament in the forthcoming session of More than 300 votes may approve the law in General. Deprivation of deputies privacy enshrined in the coalition agreement, which was signed by five parties, created by the results of the autumn parliamentary elections overwhelming number.


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