Political analysts were divided in their assessment of the law on prohibition of communism in Ukraine

Ukrainian political analysts were divided in their assessment of the law banning the imposition of the Communist and Nazi regimes. Some of them are paying attention, So the government wants to restrict the opponents to your own address and legitimizes repression, another part of the report that any propaganda is not compatible with democracy, and interpret the Law As a farewell to the Soviet past.

Parliament adopted on Thursday a Law banning the Communist and the national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and their symbolism.


"currently, in addition to repression, extrajudicial power got the opportunity to conduct a trial", said Last news by phone the head of the Ukrainian Center of system analysis and forecasting Rostislav Ishchenko.

according to his statement, " the main message of the law lies outside the plane of legislative regulation of relations of the Ukrainian authorities to Nazi or Communist ideology, but in the plane of the existing legal explanation of the persecution of the Communist party ".


"Today the Ukrainian authorities any criticism with social positions is hostile. Communists criticize the economic policy of the government, it means they are enemies, they should be ban. It is clear that this is tied with the phrase about some of the Nazi ideology, because to impose a ban on just communism would be the position of PR is not comme Il faut, taking into account that the Ukrainian government and thus blame the fact that she's a Nazi, " said Ishchenko.

He said that " the leadership of Ukraine informs that in the country of Nazism no, it is obvious that the phrase banning Nazi ideology, it's just the phrase itself and Nazi ideology in Ukraine be prosecuted and imprisoned under the Law of the Communist party ".

active members of the Ukrainian Communist party pursued and to the new law, as well as among them they were attacked, said the specialist.


As explained Ishchenko, the new Law does not in itself contrary to the obligations outlined in the agreement on Union with the EU." Since this contract is not governed by legislative acts that are accepted by the Ukrainian Parliament, As similar content legislation has been passed by the parliaments of countries that are members of the EU, Clearly, to speak about the violation of the provisions of this agreement ", - He said.

"Because the European Union did not condemn the adoption of the Baltic republics such laws, in this situation, It was, Clearly, not going against it," predicts a specialist.


Director of the Ukrainian Institute of global strategies Vadim Karasev with own side believes that " any propaganda is not very compatible with a democratic society that values the independence of the press, political pluralism ".

"The law is symbolic, socio-psychological threshold, which aims to relinquish Soviet, post-Soviet past and to come to a stable democratic development at home base of European values," the political Analyst said Last news on the phone.


As said Karasev, Communist party of Ukraine will not be banned." The Communists, to defend and protect the rights of voters, it will be necessary Today to reform and to transform into a normal European left party social democratic persuasion, " He said.

The analyst recalled that in the same way transformed the Communist party in Poland and other Central European countries.


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