A bill on the fulfillment of court rulings in Ukraine without a provision for scrapping social payments and benefits will be considered by the parliament next plenary week, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has said.
"Today [on October 3] I had a conversation with Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov… The Cabinet of Ministers and the premier proposed to consider the issue of passing the provisions of the bill on the fulfillment of court rulings without the final provisions on 16 specific social laws. Thus, we will pass only one part, and will not change other laws defining the level of social payments," the speaker said at a press conference on Monday.
Lytvyn proposed MPs take several steps: analyse agreements between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and public organizations, including that of Afghan war veterans and participants of the cleanup operations after the Chornobyl disaster, and consider the issue next plenary week.
He added that the issue contains "a psychological aspect."
"After a public statement, according to which these bills were not to be considered at all, we put them up for consideration [by parliament]. This might arouse certain doubts and distrust [in the parliament, as if it] was trying to calm people down and pass the bill. There is a psychological aspect, and I would not like the Verkhovna Rada and me, as its chairman, to lose trust," Lytvyn said.
