During hearing it was stressed that the issue of trans-border cooperation is essential and important for Ukraine, particularly in the context of European integration aspirations.
Events with the participation of the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andrii Parubii signed a law on amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of justice. He said this on Tuesday after presenting journalists who worked in the area ATO with awards of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Answering journalists' questions, Parubii said that he sees no prerequisites for voting the draft law on amending the Constitution with regards to decentralization.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada emphasized the importance of the adoption during next plenary week the package of draft laws on cooperation with the IMF, the draft law regarding quotas on Ukrainian songs, composition of CEC and other important issues.
On Thursday the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andrii Parubii participated in the forum "The Future of electronic-governance in Ukraine". Addressing the participants of the Forum, the Chairman said that e-governance is a very good and a fine example of cooperation of public sector, legislative and executive branches of power.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called the French government for not to ease sanctions against Russia.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada presented journalists who work in the area of ??anti-terrorist operations with awards of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
The issues of visa-free regime, decentralization, judicial reform, electoral legislation and the situation in the Donbas were discussed during the meeting of the First deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko with representatives of regional authorities.
Parliamentary committees held regular meetings and other events.
The Committee on agrarian policy and land relations supported the draft law to revise the provisions on the liquidation of public joint stock company "State Land Bank" and take action on its "restructuring or privatization."
The Budget Committee recommends the Verkhovna Rada to adopt in the second reading the draft law №4623, which proposes, inter alia, to establish that, temporarily, until the inhabited places of Donetsk and Lugansk regions will be returned under the control of state authorities, local budgets remains of local communities that are accounted as of January 1, 2016 in the Treasury shall be credited to a special fund of relevant regional budgets and recommends the Verkhovna Rada to take note of the report on the implementation the Law "On State budget of Ukraine for 2015".
Chairman of the Committee on state construction, regional policy and local government Serhii Vlasenko met with a delegation from the Office of multiparty system of Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
Members of the delegation were informed of the main directions of the efforts of the Committee in the legislative providing of cooperation of territorial communities and their voluntary associations, state service and service in local self-government, and also paid attention to the peculiarities of the parliamentary process in Ukraine at the availability of the powerful centers of extra-parliamentary influence.
The Committee on environmental policy, natural resources and elimination of consequences of Chornobyl accident recommends the Verkhovna Rada to adopt draft laws "On Amending the Law "On status and social protection of citizens affected by the Chernobyl accident" related to social protection of the liquidators of consequences of Chornobyl accident" and "On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the management of unified state system of civil protection."
Chairman of the Committee on legislative support of law enforcement Andrii Kozhemiakin met with representatives of the Council of Europe.
The participants discussed the practical application of the provisions on the State Bureau of Investigation, decided upon further work on the draft law "On confiscation of illegitimately acquired assets” and paid particular attention to the new draft law on operative and search activities, which will be registered soon."
The Committee on legislative support of law enforcement recommends the Verkhovna Rada to adopt the Law "On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine concerning the distribution and advertising of electronic cigarettes."
The Chairman of the National agency for prevention of corruption Natalia Korchak informed members of the Committee on preventing and fighting corruption on the state of implementation of anti-corruption legislation: the introduction of electronic declaration as a new system of financial control of state employees; approving the report form of political party on property, income, expenses and financial obligations.
Chairman of the Committee on human rights, national minorities and international relations Hryhorii Nemyria met with Authorized representative of the US State Department for the LGBT community.
At visiting extended meeting of the Committee on freedom of speech and information policy in Kramatorsk city council, areas of protection of information space were pointed out.
Committee on social policy, employment and pension supported the draft law on renewal of pensions for working pensioners in full.
Reform of the railway sector directions in 2016 were discussed at the meeting of the Committee on Transport.
Following the discussion results, the Committee recommended the Cabinet of Ministers to improve the efficiency of state control in rail transport field through the provision of authority management of Public Joint Stock Company "Ukrzaliznytsia” and conclusion contracts with all the members of the Board of PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" in the near future.
Committee on transport recommends the Verkhovna Rada to adopt as a basis the draft law on the introduction of an automated system of payment account for travel in the city passenger transport.
In Parliament during the week there were other events.
A seminar «Institute of the rapporteur. German experience” with the participation of German experts Gerd Ehlers, former State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of finance of Germany, Kathy Borns-Len, a counselor in the Bundestag of Germany, was held. Its relevance was due to the fact that the proposal on introduction of an institute of the rapporteur was included prior to "Report and roadmap on internal reform and increasing of institutional capacity of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine", prepared by the European Parliament Mission to assess the needs, chaired by Pat Cox.
There was held a "round table" on "Peculiarities of taxation of operations on import into the customs territory of Ukraine and supply on the customs territory of Ukraine of vehicles equipped with electric motors"
Committee on state construction, regional policy and local government held "round table" in Poltava on implementation of the Law of Ukraine "On cooperation of territorial communities"
Areas of agrarian sector of Ukraine were discussed at the "round
table": "Free trade area: what
farmers need to know to enter the European market."
In the town of Chornomorsk of Odesa region, people's deputies took part in the finals of V All-Ukrainian Spartakiad of people’s deputies, deputies of regional, district, city, town and village councils.