A petition initiative to revoke the citizenship of Ukraine for separatism gained 25 thousand votes needed for consideration by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, notified on the Internet office of the head of the country.

The petition was submitted to the President in early autumn, it is proposed to amend the law and the Constitution " to create a legal possibility of forced deprivation of citizenship of persons who, by their public statements or actions promoting criminal separatism, violation of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine (in the presence of actual evidence) ".

The process of petition began on the Internet office of the head of the country on August 28. The head of Ukraine considered this or that posted the petition, it must Express support for a minimum of 25 thousand people for more than three months from the date of publication, after which the President may submit to the Verkhovna Rada the draft laws aimed at solving the petition questions. The Manager should consider each petition not later than 10 days from the time of occurrence of a notification about the start of its consideration.

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