Verkhovna Rada Chairman Dmytro Razumkov stressed the need to create legislation on lobbying in Ukraine and added that the preparation of a relevant legislative initiative is a matter of the near future. He announced this on the air of Radio Svoboda.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – June 20, 2021 – Ukraine News
“It seems to me that there should be a law on lobbying. Not in the negative sense that exists now in society. And in the version that we can see in the United States, in Europe, where lobbyists defend the interests of business without breaking the law, they declare their wealth, their contacts. This will help bring to the public the negative that is still present in Ukrainian politics, ”the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada explained.
He also added that the preparation of the relevant legislative initiative is a matter of the near future. “We will deal with this bill. And soon it will appear in the walls of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, “Dmytro Razumkov said.
Razumkov said that by the end of the current session, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine would consider in first reading the Draft Law on Prevention of Threats to National Security, related to the excessive influence of persons of significant economic or political importance in public life (oligarchs) (№ 5599) and alternative bills (№ 5599-1, 5599-2, 5599-3).
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Source: Ukrgate