The Parliament of Ukraine refused to repeal the law granting official status to the Russian language in a number of regions
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine refused to cancel the law On the Fundamentals of the State Language Policy adopted by 3 in July, granting official status to the Russian language in a number of regions. This is reported by UNIAN.
The Parliament considered, in total, four draft resolutions on the annulment of the results of voting on this draft law. All of them were submitted by the opposition, which believes that when considering the document, the regulations and the Constitution of Ukraine were violated.
According to the RIA "News", none of the four draft resolutions of the opposition received more than 50 votes with the necessary minimum of 226 votes." The law is absolutely within the framework of the constitution, he clearly confirms: the only state language is Ukrainian, it is clearly written in line with the European Charter for Regional Minority Languages ", - said the first deputy chairman of the pro-presidential faction of the Party of Regions, Mikhail Chechetov.
In addition, the country's parliament voted against the resignation of Parliament Speaker Vladimir Lytvyn. 266 deputies from 279 supported the confirmation of his powers with the necessary minimum of 226 votes.
“The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decides to deny the head of the Verkhovna Rada, Litvin, to satisfy his statement of withdrawal from his post, and to confirm Litvin’s authority for the post of head of the Verkhovna Rada, and to give him a vote of confidence,” Adam Martynyuk, reading the text of the resolution.
Recall that July 3 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada unexpectedly voted on a bill raising the status of the Russian language to regional where it is native to at least 10% of the population. This is almost half of the country's regions. The law was supported by 248 parliamentarians, against were 226 people. Now Viktor Yanukovych should put his signature on the document.
The bill itself initially caused controversy in Ukrainian society. After voting in the Rada, the opposition promised to seek its cancellation after winning the upcoming parliamentary elections in the fall.
Opponents of the law on languages in the center of Kiev picketed the building of the Ukrainian House for several days in a row. And on July 5 it became known that Litvin wrote a letter of resignation. Earlier, the head of the Ukrainian parliament announced that he would sign the law on the fundamentals of the state language policy only under the condition of strict adherence to the rules of the law on regulations, which contains a clear procedure for reviewing bills and preparing them for signature by the head of parliament.
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