Mykola Tomenko, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is convinced that mass acquisition of dual citizenship is a threat to the national security of Ukraine.
M. Tomenko addressed the Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine with a request to respond to the active work of Romanian and Hungarian consulates in the territory of Ukraine connected with attraction of the Ukrainian citizens to gain citizenship of the respective states. According to the Deputy Chairman, it is not the first alarming signal. As an example, he mentioned television program on 1+1 TV channel that informs how diplomatic missions of Romania and Hungary do everything possible to make Ukrainians gain their citizenship.
The Deputy Chairman reminded that according to the Constitution of Ukraine, dual citizenship is banned in Ukraine. Thus, clause 4 of the Constitution of Ukraine strictly defines that "only single citizenship is allowed in Ukraine."
M. Tomenko focused on the fact that even officials and politicians are declaring their dual citizenship. M. Tomenko called for proper investigation into this situation.
The Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament informed that since the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry on Foreign Affairs and the local self-government bodies do not react properly to the situation, he addressed the President of Ukraine with a proposal to scrutinize this problem during the sitting of the Council of National Security and Defense.