Kiev agreed with the Venice Commission to improve the lustration

The Ukrainian authorities have Agreed with representatives of the Venice Commission on the consultation on the improvement of the law on Lustration (the cleansing power), said on the last working day of the week, the Minister of justice of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko on his page century.

" The Venice Commission reversed its prior opinion of the law on Lustration after a 2-day consultation with our delegation. Lustration in Ukraine to be! Special thanks to all the members of the delegation and experts who were involved in the preparation of our arguments. Agreed with experts VK on cooperation for the improvement of the law, " wrote Petrenko.

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe has approved the interim report of the Ukrainian law on Lustration at the meeting on the last working day of the week. The document notes that the law has some significant shortcomings." The device did not explain what those disadvantages are discussed. Employee of the office of the Council of Europe also said that in the report the Commission welcomes the intention of the Ukrainian authorities to work together with the Venice Commission on the improvement of the law and bring it into congruence with the Constitution of Ukraine and European standards ".

The Parliament of Ukraine with the 3rd attempt blesed on September 16, the Lustration law, which is subject to one million various bureaucrats, public servants, employees of the police organization, and among them the entire Cabinet of Ministers. As warned by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaliy Yarema, the law is not in conformity with the Constitution and the requirements of international law.

in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation considered that the law on Lustration in fact legitimize political persecution in Ukraine.


Ukraine's Parliament on September 17, law on Lustration - the cleansing power. According to the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, under this law is subject to 1 million different kinds of bureaucrats, government officials, employees of the police organization, and among them " the whole Cabinet, the whole vertical of power ". Yatsenyuk ordered verification of existing members of the government and their deputies, Ministers, all Directors of the organs of Central government, who shall be appointed by the government for compliance with the law on Lustration.

The lustration of power - one of the main requirements of Maidan activists in February 2014 formulated criteria for the selection of members of the " government of the people's trust ", according to which a potential candidate is not obliged to enter into the list of the hundred obespecheniya Ukrainian citizens are not obliged to take a leadership position in the Executive branch, to be an employee of the administration Under Yanukovych and to be involved in human rights violations and corruption. While the legislation of Ukraine the procedure of Lustration to the last time you was not.


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