CSM: it is possible that the law on lustration only hurt Ukraine

The law on lustration, signed by Petro Poroshenko October 16, can bring the country more harm than good, writes.

The law on lustration was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on September 16. According to the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, under this law is subject to a million bureaucrats and employees of the police organization, and among them " the whole Cabinet, the whole vertical of power ". Christian Science Monitor emphasizes that the inspections planned under the new law, will not affect Petro Poroshenko, since he was " elected people ", and people who get into Parliament as a result of the elections on 26 October.

As underlined by the CSM, some experts do not exclude that This Law will negatively affect the performance of the government, As the majority of experienced staff will be laid off " in such a difficult time for Ukraine ". Other, for their part, believe that in the context of the prevailing political turmoil in the country most of the policy will violate the Law.

" This Law was adopted in order to reassure the public, to compensate military defeat, what we have suffered, and to reduce the degree of frustration of the people who believe that the revolution in Maidan until now has not brought any tangible results, " commented the situation for the Christian Science Monitor Ukrainian journalist Vitaly Filipowski.

Filipowski believes that the Law on lustration may reinforce social divisions in the country, being aimed at everyone who seems to advocate a different perspective.

Alexey Garan, a political science Professor at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, believes that the law will be " tens of thousands " of people. Thus, in his view, he will pertain primarily to persons, the appointment of which was associated with political motives, as well as those who approved of the policy of Viktor Yanukovych.
CSM emphasizes that the law on lustration, adopted in post-Communist Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, up to the present moment are perceived ambiguously. The magazine quotes the expression of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaly Yarema, who said earlier this month that the Law would entail a large number of lawsuits filed and among them the European court of human rights.


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