01 July 2010, 18:00
Mykola Tomenko, the Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine deems that the suggested by the Government bill regarding the improvement of the system of the state registration of informational agencies is not to be adopted without the preliminary public discussion. The Deputy Chairman declared it in the course of the interview for UNIAN journalist giving comments regarding the registration in the Parliament of the Law "On Amendments to certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding the improvement of the system of the State Registration of the Informational Agencies."
M. Tomenko reminded that the bill concerns not only informational agencies but internet publishers. According to him, the arguments of the informational agencies are obvious ass they are interested in the adoption of this bill, thus not all the internet publishers "are working correct."
Though, the Deputy Chairman added that under the present conditions this bill can be used by the authority as a means of censorship of the electronic mass media work. "I am convinced that without the broad public discussion with the mass media participation this bill can not be adopted as it would be used as the censorship means", he declared.