04 September 2013, 15:02
368 people’s deputies registered in the session hall. The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Rybak announced the3 morning meeting to be opened.
The people’s deputies took the floor with announcements, statements, offers and reports. In particular, they spoke about local self-government, the European integration and language policy, etc.
Volodymyr Rybak addressed people’s deputies with a suggestion to finish plenary meeting at 12 p.m., in view of necessity to organize at 1 p.m. work in the committees on the bills that are to be considered in the session hall on September 5. The people’s deputies upheld the suggestion by 292 votes.
Thereafter, the Chairman announced consideration of the bill on introduction of a moratorium on compulsory purchase of housing. The people’s deputy, author of the bill, Petro Symonenko reported on the bill. He noted that the moratorium shall secure constitutional right of each citizen to adequate standard of living. It was stressed that moratorium should be introduced in view of wage arrears throughout the whole country. Following the results of voting, the bill was rejected and referred for the repeated first reading by 303 people’s deputies.
Afterwards, the bill on amendments to several laws of Ukraine on preventing deaths on the road was announced for consideration. Reporting on this issue, the author of the bill Oleh Lyashko stressed: “I registered the bill suggesting dramatic increase in liability for driving in a state alcohol of intoxication. A driver caught in a state of alcohol intoxication should be deprived of his/her driving license for life. If a drunk driver caused an accident and there are victims, I suggest deprive such a driver, in fact he/she is not a driver but a killer, of his driving license for life and to sentence him/her to 10 years in prison.” At the same time, the deputy of the chairman of the Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement Volodymyr Oliynyk noted that the law usually does not stipulate criminal responsibility for the actions made in a state of alcohol intoxication. In case no serious damage was caused, the law establishes administrative, not criminal responsibility. Following the discussion, 278 people’s deputies upheld the decision to recommit the document.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine considered the drafts law on amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Status of the People’s Deputy of Ukraine” (re inquiries of the people’s deputies). Author of one of the bills, the people’s deputy of Ukraine Ruslan Koshulynskyi, noted that adoption of the document shall bring Ukrainian legislation in line with the judgment of the Constitutional Court and the established practice of considering issues connected with deputies’ inquiries by the Verkhovna Rada. The bills were not upheld.
After consideration of these issues, Volodymyr Rybak adjourned the meeting. The next plenary meting of the Verkhovna Rada will be held on Thursday, September 5 at 10 a.m.