According to Maria Mezentseva, people’s deputies will continue their work at the beginning of January, “although we are not finishing it.”
The Ukrainian parliament is canceling holidays this year; people’s deputies will return to work in early January. Maria Mezentseva, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Integration with the European Union, announced this during a telethon on the “We-Ukraine” channel.
“The Ukrainian parliament does not complete its work, we are not going on vacation,” the parliamentarian said.
At the same time, she recalled that the Verkhovna Rada recently adopted a number of important bills. Thus, it was voted for the abolition of duties and VAT on radar needs for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, deputies adopted a law on internally displaced persons.
“The Verkhovna Rada will continue its work at the beginning of January. Although we are not finishing it,” Mezentseva added.
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The other day, Vadim Ivchenko, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, said that the Rada could vote for a new law on enhanced mobilization as early as January.
He also assessed the creation of mechanisms for mobilizing men who went abroad. According to the people’s deputy, in order to call them back to Ukraine for military service, “some kind of military registration” may be introduced.
also reported that medical cannabis is no longer illegal in Ukraine. The day before, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the corresponding bill in the second reading.