Poroshenko has signed the law on the state language
The current head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in a live TV channel "112 Ukraine" signed the Law on the exclusive use of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of life.
The current head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in a live TV channel "112 Ukraine" signed the Law on the exclusive use of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of life.
The head of the country said that the Law is scrupulously balanced.
first document in the hall of the Parliament was signed by the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andrew Parubiy.
The Ukrainian Parliament has blessed the Law on state language on April 24.
the MPs from the opposition submitted to the Parliament a decree on cancellation of law because, in their vision, a violation of the procedure of its adoption, and he's not answering to the Constitution. Thus, the speaker could not sign the document and give it to the President, as long as Parliament does not see this ruling.
However, Parliament did not want to repeal the Law - this decision was supported by only 34 parliamentarians With the necessary minimum of 226 votes.
The law on the state language stipulates the use of only Ukrainian language in practice in all spheres of life: public authorities, educational institutions, universities and hospitals, in shops and cafes in the courts, the army, the police, during the election campaigns and referendums.
Thus in the law makes an exception for English and other languages of the EU. According to the head of the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, this means that the only object of attack - Russian language, which is spoken by a Large number of Residents of Ukraine.
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