Parubiy: Parliament to start considering Electoral Code next week

The Verkhovna Rada will start considering the new Electoral Code next plenary week, after it completes considering the bill on the Temporary Investigation Commissions.

Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy stated this during the parliamentary session on Wednesday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"The Committee on Legal Policy has decided on the Electoral Code with open lists, which means that we will need to prepare a list now – this is 4,500 amendments, and you understand that the list will be quite large, but the Verkhovna Rada will work in full force. Obviously, we will not be ready for tomorrow, but next week we will be able to start considering the Electoral Code with open election lists,” the speaker said.

Parubiy has also said that he is waiting for the decision of the regulatory committee on the draft law on the Temporary Investigation Commissions.

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