Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine faction heads and Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy have decided to invite a representative of the Venice Commission to help prepare the draft law on establishing an anti-corruption court in Ukraine.
“Participants in the discussion in Jean Monnet Dialogue format have decided to invite a representative of the Venice Commission for further consultations on the second reading of the bill, named ‘On the High Anti-Corruption Court,'” Rada’s website said on March 29 following the fourth ‘Jean Monnet’ Dialogue held in Lausanne, Switzerland this week.
Also discussed was the draft bill on legislative reform, which is being prepared for its second reading.
According to the Rada’s website, March 25 to March 27 in Switzerland at the initiative of Parubiy with the assistance of the former European Parliament Peter Cox ‘Jean Monnet’ dialogues were held between representatives of all parliamentary factions and groups.
As earlier reported, the Rada on March 1 adopted in its first reading the anti-corruption court law, final adoption of which is expected by Ukraine’s major international benefactors, including the International Monetary Fund. The Venice Commission has forwarded its recommendations on the bill in writing.
Jean Monnet was a French political economist and diplomat. An influential supporter of European unity, he is considered as one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
