Glad the second attempt took bill about the reintegration of Donbass
Verkhovna Rada started consideration of draft laws submitted by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the reintegration of Donbass.
In the morning in the Parliament was registered 370 deputies, at the time of voting for inclusion in the agenda of the draft law on peculiarities of state policy on ensuring state sovereignty of Ukraine on the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts – already 343.
At the second attempt, the deputies managed to include the bill in the agenda voted 232 deputies.
At the same time for inclusion in the agenda of the draft law on the creation of necessary conditions for peaceful settlement of the situation in certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions voted 253 MP (out of 359 in the hall).
After the vote, the Chairman of the Parliament Andrei Parubiy announced a break in the meeting.
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See the online consideration of Verkhovna Rada the laws Poroshenko about the reintegration of Donbass
Note, to report on the bills if the Secretary of the national security Council and defense Oleksandr Turchynov and the people’s Deputy Oksana Syroid, co-Rapporteur also the Chairman of the Committee on national security and defence Sergiy Pashinsky.
We will remind, on the eve of the presidential bill on the reintegration of Donbass was submitted to Parliament. In particular, the document identifies the temporarily occupied territory in Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The project consolidates the priority of the security implementation of the provisions of the Minsk agreements. For physical and legal persons shall retain the right of ownership and other real rights on the property, including real property, including land, located in the temporarily occupied territories.
The bill specifies that Ukraine is not responsible for the illegal actions of Russia as an aggressor state, of its armed forces, other military formations and the occupation administration in the temporarily occupied territories.
Later in Parliament, Poroshenko submitted the second draft law on the Donbass, which will allow you to enter the UN peacekeeping mission and maintain the international sanctions. The document proposes temporarily, for a period ending one year from the date of entry into force of the Law of Ukraine “On creation of necessary conditions for peaceful settlement of the situation in certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions”, enter the special order of local government in certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
While in the Opposition bloc criticized the bill. Yuriy Boyko called it that will separate the Donbass from Ukraine. Also not supported the legislative initiative of the representatives of the Kremlin. In terrorist “LNR” and “DNR” said that “the adoption of this bill means only one thing – Ukraine chooses the war“.
In turn, the U.S. Embassy supported the initiative on the extension of the special status of the occupied territories.