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Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has canceled a decision it took on Tuesday, Aug. 12 to approve at second reading a bill on tax and customs control in the free economic zone of Crimea, and on the peculiarities of economic activities on the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.

During its sitting on Thursday, Aug. 14 Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr
Turchynov said that he received written complaints from MPs that the law
was passed at second reading in violation of procedure: in particular
the law was adopted via MPs using other MPs’ voting cards, a
correspondent of Interfax-Ukraine reported.

Besides, the parliamentary speaker said that Cabinet of Ministers had concerns over the text of the document.

During repeat voting at second reading the bill got 160 votes in favor, with 226 votes needed for it to pass.

A total of 259 MPs voted to resubmit the bill for second reading.