The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, will consider on Tuesday the question of canceling a bill on criminal liability for slander, Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has said.
“I propose that we put [on the agenda on Tuesday a draft resolution
on the cancelation of the results of the vote for the bill on slander],
and consider and adopt it without any discussion,” he said at a meeting
of the parliament’s conciliatory council on Monday, Oct. 1.
The president’s permanent representative in parliament, Regions Party
MP Yuriy Miroshnychenko, in turn, said that the parliament should
reverse its decision to adopt the draft law on slander at first reading.
“I would like to draw particular attention to the draft resolution on
the cancelation of the vote at first reading for the law on slander.
Our colleagues have already expressed their position. I would ask you to
include it on the agenda on Tuesday, as the adoption of the law on
slander is unacceptable, especially under the conditions of incomplete
democracy,” he said.
