Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Prepares to Pass the Law #5515

12 April 2012

According to MP of Ukraine, the Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Jemilev the long-lasting and hard work on the adoption of the draft Law of Ukraine “On the restoration of the rights of the deported on the national grounds” goes into another stage.

After the recent meetings-consultations with the Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine, Stanislav Skubashevsky, adviser of the President of Ukraine, Head of the Main Board on humanitarian and public-political issues, Anna German, and the Representative of the President in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, MP, Yuri Miroshnichenko the participants of the meetings said about the President’s positive position concerning the mentioned Law. The idea of the adoption of the Law was also supported by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Vladimir Litvin.

The consideration of the draft Law #5515 was provisionally set for the plenary week, April 24 – 27, 2012, after that the draft law could be adopted in the first reading. “However, the level of its readiness and support of the international expert community, including the OSCE and the Council of Europe, could serve as a basis for the adoption of the Law in the whole,”- MP Mustafa Jemilev stated.

Hence, Mejlis’ Leader is going to address the MPs of Ukraine asking them for their full support of the draft Law, in order to make in valid as soon as possible. More over, in 2004 the similar text of the Law was already adopted by the constitutional majority of the Parliament, but was vetoed by the President”.