Olena Kondratiuk, "The Interns-alumni of the Internship Program in the Verkhovna Rada should become good promoters of parliamentarism"
Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat 26 July 2021, 11:32
Vice
Speaker Olena Kondratiuk congratulated the interns on the successful
completion of the Youth Internship Program in the Secretariat of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2021. "We
are living in a time of great changes and I am very glad that you have
come this way right now. Indeed, you had a good opportunity to see all
the internal processes in the Parliament in the year of celebrating the
25th anniversary of the Constitution and the 30th anniversary of
Ukraine's Independence.This issue of interns must be legendary.And
I believe that this is a good start to the next changes and changes in
the country that these young people will bring with them," Olena
Kondratiuk said during the closing ceremony of the Program in 2021. The
Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada noted that the internship of young
people in the Parliament opens up many new opportunities that should be
used in the future. Olena Kondratiuk also recalled that during the
recent meeting with her, the interns said that this internship gave them
an understanding that there are many myths surrounding the Ukrainian
Parliament.
"I
really liked it. I ask you to become good promoters of parliamentarism
outside the Verkhovna Rada. To be the destroyers of these myths between
colleagues, peers, many of those with whom they will have to work
further. So that not only interns, but also everyone else understands
that the Parliament is the driving force of Ukraine. That
parliamentarism is one of the most important things we have. That the
Parliament is a people's representation and it is, first of all,
democracy," Olena Kondratiuk emphasized. The
Vice Speaker also noted that this year's interns were part of a large
project "Open Rada", aimed in particular at involving young people in
activities in the Parliament. "On
my initiative, the interns had the opportunity to take part in a solemn
sitting of Parliament on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the
adoption of the Constitution. And I would like and invite one of this
year's graduates to speak on behalf of the youth at the solemn sitting
of the Verkhovna Rada on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of
Ukraine's Independence," Olena Kondratiuk said.
She
thanked the NGO "League of Interns", international partners from
Germany and the United States, deputies of the first convocation, who
together with the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada and the Secretariat
of the Verkhovna Rada did everything to make this internship
unforgettable for interns. "I
wish all the graduates of the Internship Program success, new
achievements, faith in their own strength and victories!" wished the
Deputy Chairperson of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.