Poroshenko expects Parliament to prohibit bribes to release on bail

The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday that he expects the Verkhovna Rada adoption at the current plenary week of the law, which would prohibit release on bail of suspects in bribery.

"We expect that the Verkhovna Rada during the current plenary week will pass a law which prohibits release on bail suspected of bribery ", - said the head of the anti-corruption Council meeting on Tuesday.

Poroshenko added that he Also expects Rada adopting the law on the national Bureau of investigation. In addition, According to the head of the country, the government looked forward to the start of the Agency's work in the battle against illegal activity of officials.

first speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman ordered the core Committee in the maximum a short time to prepare, For consideration in Parliament the presidential draft law on the abolition of parliamentary and judicial privacy restriction. The Ukrainian Parliament has postponed consideration of the document in response to the comments of the constitutional court of the country, which, mostly, relate to the limits of judicial confidentiality. According to the decision of Rada, the deputies were required to submit their proposals and amendments to the draft law, up to fifteen August. Currently this issue is on the consideration of the relevant Department of the Parliament.

Parliamentary and judicial integrity enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine. Making changes to the Constitution requires a long and special procedures. To do this, first directs Rada a draft law on introducing changes into the Basic law in the constitutional court which provides an opinion on the constitutionality of such changes. Then, in the case of a positive conclusion of the COP, Parliament can adopt the draft law in the first reading, it does take a minimum of 226 votes. Then the Parliament in the forthcoming session of More than 300 votes to approve the law in General.

the draft law cancels the privacy guarantees For people's deputies and the prohibition to attract parliamentarians to the criminal code, to detain or arrest them without the consent of Parliament. The document also limited the immunity of judges. At the moment judges in Ukraine without the consent of the Council did not have the opportunity to be caught or taken into custody before conviction by the court.


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