To receive international assistance, Ukraine needs to pass 45 bills — Stefanchuk

The Verkhovna Rada is to adopt a package of 45 draft laws necessary to guarantee financial support for Ukraine from international partners. Some of the documents are already under consideration by the parliament, but the government has yet to submit 18 draft laws to the Verkhovna Rada.

This was stated by the Speaker of the Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk during a working trip to Kharkiv on September 21.

Seven draft laws have already passed the first reading

According to the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, the package includes 45 draft laws in total. Seven of them have already been supported by parliamentarians in the first reading, while another 18 documents are awaiting submission by the government.

Stefanchuk stressed that the parliament is ready to consider the necessary legislative changes, but the speed of their passage will depend, in particular, on the number of amendments that deputies will submit to the documents.

Stefanchuk announced thousands of amendments

The Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada drew attention to the problem of a large number of parliamentary amendments to individual draft laws.

According to him, one MP can submit over a thousand amendments to one document, which significantly slows down parliamentary consideration.

At the same time, this is Stefanchuk’s own assessment of the impact of MP amendments on the pace of parliamentary work.

It takes time to pass bills

The Speaker of the Parliament also reminded of the procedural deadlines for passing documents.

According to him, at least 14 days are provided for after the bill is submitted for its first reading. At least 14 more days – from the first to the second reading.

Thus, even after the necessary documents are submitted, their passage through the parliamentary procedure will take time.

The Rada is ready to convene in an extraordinary session

Stefanchuk stated that after preparing the necessary bills, the Verkhovna Rada is ready to hold an extraordinary session to consider them.

“As soon as the law is ready, we are immediately ready to convene in an extraordinary session in order to vote for the entire required number of bills,” the Speaker of the Parliament noted.

The Verkhovna Rada continues its work in September within the framework of the sixteenth session of the 9th convocation; its agenda was approved at the beginning of the month and was subsequently supplemented by separate resolutions.

Stefanchuk’s statement does not specify which 45 draft laws are included in the package.