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Participants in the protest event against the adoption of the Tax Code have stated that if this document is adopted they will fight for their rights via strikes and acts of civil disobedience.

Leader of the BYT-Batkivschyna faction Ivan Kyrylenko from the rostrum in the parliament read a relevant address to Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych, the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The address was drawn up by participants in the rally, which is being held across the whole country.

Participants in the protest event called for the Verkhovna Rada to cancel the consideration of the Tax Code, and called for the president to dismiss all of the authors of this draft law.

In addition, the participants called on the head of state to veto the Tax Code if it is adopted.