Several meeting of interns of the Internship Program in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Central Executive Bodies for 2012-2013 with Ukrainian political and public figures were held in January 2013
01 February 2013, 16:08
During the meeting with the people’s deputy Volodymyr Yavorivskyi those present were acquainted with the bill on functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state one and the procedure of using other languages in Ukraine (Reg. No. 1233), recently registered in the Parliament.
The speaker drew attention to the fact that “the bill aims at covering all aspects of life, where the Ukrainian language is used”. According to him, the bill establishes that the Ukrainian language is the determining factor and the main feature of the identity of the Ukrainian nation which has historically for centuries being used on the territory of Ukraine; constitutes an absolute majority of the population of Ukraine; gave an official name to the state and is the basic strategic component of Ukrainian statehood.
The people’s deputy of Ukraine of the І, ІІ, ІІІ, IV and VI convocations Ivan Zayets stressed during the meeting that “he deems “Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine” be the greatest achievement of his own law-making activity”.
According to the people’s deputy, the document declared that Ukraine has its own citizenship, where “all citizens are equal before the law, irrespective of origin, social and property status, race and nationality, political views, religious convictions, and occupation”. Citizens of all nationalities constitute the people of Ukraine. I.Zayets stressed also that the Declaration determines independence of Ukraine in the fields of economy, science, education, cultural and spiritual development of the Ukrainian nation. It establishes the right of Ukraine to directly embody relations with other states as well as conclude contracts, exchange diplomatic, consular, and trade missions, etc with them.
People’s deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the first convocation, Vice-President of the Association of People’s Deputies of Ukraine, expert of the Parliamentary Development Project II Volodymyr Kryzhanivskyi, familiarized interns of the Program with the procedure of considering bills to amend the Constitution of Ukraine.
V.Kryzhanivskyi stressed that if the bill to amend Constitution was not adopted in the second reading, the analogous document can be referred to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine not earlier than one year from the day the decision on this bill was taken. Resubmission of the bill to amend chapters I, III and XIII of the Constitution on the same issue is possible only to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the next convocation.