The Committee’s members considered five alternative bills under Reg. No. 4667, 4667-2, 4667-3, 4667-4, 4667-5. As it was mentioned during the meeting, it is urgent to adopt one of the bills in order to finds ways out of the present situation in Ukraine.
According to people’s deputies, one of possible ways out of this situation may be exemption of participants of peaceful assemblies from criminal responsibility and punishment for several crimes and administrative infringements which will guarantee impossibility of their further prosecution and will become an important factor for them to cease unlawful acts.
Having analyzed the abovementioned bills, the Committee’s members noted that the bill suggested by the government (Reg. No. 4667-3) most closely corresponds to the aim.
The bill suggests establish categories of persons who can not be brought to criminal responsibility.
The Committee’s members upheld the bill under Reg. No. 4667-3, adoption of which will allow exempt from criminal responsibility and from serving an administrative sentence persons participating in mass protests in the south and east of Ukraine, and prevent their prosecution and punishment, as well as create legal basis for voluntary and peaceful settlement of present internal conflicts and confrontations.