22 April 2016, 13:53
A total of 294 people's deputies registered in the session hall for the Friday morning plenary meeting.
Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andrii Parubii opened the meeting.
Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andrii Parubii has said that the e-petition to the Ukrainian Parliament touching the draft law "On professional education" has finally received 25,000 votes of our citizens.
"A total of 25,323 Ukrainians have requested the Ukrainian Parliament to support the governmental draft law "On professional education" (registered under No. 3231). I am confident that this indicates the growth of trust in the Ukrainian legislature," the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada said opening the plenary meeting on Friday, April 22.
However, the Chairperson of the Ukrainian Parliament said that "as a result of its recent reformatting, the Cabinet of Ministers has recalled a number of its draft laws, inter alia the draft law No. 3231, which actually received 25,000 votes of our compatriots."
"We address the Government, the Prime Minister of Ukraine to submit this draft law for consideration of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. I know that respective work is currently underway," Parubii said.
"An hour of questions to the Government of Ukraine" at the Ukrainian Parliament started.
The participants were Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman and members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Vice Prime Minister / Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing Public Utility Economy Hennadii Zubko reported on reforms in the fields of decentralization and energy efficiency in the country.
Education and Science Minister of Ukraine Liliya Hrynevych reported on top-priority steps the Government was planning to take in the field of education.
The members of the Cabinet of Ministers answered the questions of people's deputies.
Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oksana Syroyid read deputy requests.
People's deputies delivered their speeches.
After the speeches of the people's deputies, First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Heraschenko closed the plenary meeting.
On April 25-29, the people's deputies will work with voters.
On May 4-6, the parliamentarians will work in committees, commissions and parliamentary factions.
Next plenary meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 10.