The Committee on cultural and information policy recommended the Verkhovna Rada to reject the bill, allowing to use the Russian language and languages of national minorities in work of the Ukrainian Parliament, said on Thursday Deputy head of the Pro-presidential faction "public Servant" Eugene Kravchuk.
In Parliament was repeatedly disrupted speeches of those parliamentarians who are trying to make statements in Russian. Speaker of Parliament Dmitry Razumkov calls on parliamentarians to act solely in the state language – Ukrainian. The current law contains a provision which stipulates that the meeting of Parliament, its committees and commissions are conducted in the state language — Ukrainian, but can speak on "another language".
"Also considered the draft laws on language of work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Committee decided to reject both bills," – Kravchuk wrote on his page in Facebook.
According to her, in particular, the parliamentary Committee recommended the Parliament to reject the bill, submitted by MP from the faction of "Opposition platform For life" Oleg Voloshin and Deputy of the Rada from the Pro-presidential faction "public Servant" Maxim Buganski. They offered to allow the use of Russian language and languages of national minorities in Parliament’s work, including during meetings of Parliament.
The Committee also recommended the Parliament to reject an alternative bill filed by the independent member of Parliament Oksana Savchuk. It is proposed to apply administrative responsibility for non-use of the Ukrainian language in the work of parliamentary bodies. Kravchuk noted that this issue had previously been fully regulated in the regulations of the Council.
In may 2019 the then President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the law "On ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian as the state language", which requires the use of only Ukrainian language in almost all spheres of life.
The current head of state Vladimir Zelensky promised to carefully review the law for compliance with the Constitution. He noted that the document was adopted "without a prior broad discussion with the public".
