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Skip to main content [#main-content] Search form Search USAID RADA Program RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY HOME ABOUT RADA RADA NEWS & EVENTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF INTEREST PARLIAMENTARY REFORM RULES OF PROCEDURE HOUR OF QUESTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT MATERIALS RADA PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS IN UKRAINE PDP and PDP II ARCHIVE PUBLICATIONS CONTACTS UKRAINIAN RADA Program News and Events RADA Program Held “Parliamentary Days” in Dnipro Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov praised the contribution of the USAID RADA Program to building democracy and parliamentarism Rebecca Harms: "The quality of democracy can be evaluated by one indicator: in the case of Parliament, it is the extent to which the parliamentary majority respects minority and opposition rights" RADA Program held a training for new employees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat Parliamentary days took place in Lviv Within the Scope of Interest Verkhovna Rada Adopted the Law on Improving Electronic Form of Legislative Process Thu, 16/01/2020 - 18:00 Verkhovna Rada of Ukrane adopted the Law #2492 “On Amending the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to Improve the Electronic Form of the Legislative Process” (bill from MP M. Kriachko, submitted on November 28, 2019, submission from the Committee on December 20, 2019) . 251 MPs supported the Law. President Volodymyr Zelenskyi Made Decision to Send His Bill on Decentralization of Power for Further Elaboration Thu, 16/01/2020 - 15:45 According to the official web-site of the President of Ukraine , President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has made a decision to withdraw his bill on decentralization of power and to send it for further elaboration. The decision was taken after his meeting with leadership of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction. The meeting has taken place on January 16. Parliament Preliminary Approved Amending Constitution of Ukraine on Parliamentary Consultative, Advisory and Other Auxiliary Bodies Tue, 14/01/2020 - 14:45 By 249 votes, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the Draft Resolution # 1028/П1 “On Preliminary Approval of the Draft Law “On Amending Article 85 of the Constitution of Ukraine (As Regards Consultative, Advisory and Other Auxiliary Bodies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)”. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Provided Its Preliminary Approval for Abolishing the Monopoly of the Bar Tue, 14/01/2020 - 14:00 295 MPs voted for the Draft Resolution # 1013/П1 on preliminary approval for the draft law on amending the Constitution of Ukraine (on abolishing the monopoly of the bar) President Volodymyr Zelenskyi Has Signed Law on Introduction of Criminal Liability for Indirect Voting Mon, 13/01/2020 - 12:45 President Volodymyr Zelenskyi Has Signed Law #2148 on making amendments to some legislative acts on personal voting by people’s deputies of Ukraine. The Law envisages introduction of criminal liablility for impersonal voting – fone on the amount of 3 – 5 thousand tax-free minimum wages (currently, 51-85 thousand UAH). Parliament adopted the Law #2148 on Dec 19, 2019. 261 MPs voted for the Law. Read all news Implementers New Publications Green paper "How to Ensure Legislative Quality?" Tenth survey of MPs of Ukraine Tenth survey of MPs of Ukraine Experts` opinion on the Abolition of parliamentary immunity List of educational tools and materials developed within the USAID RADA Program Follow Us Facebook YouTube This site (RSS) This site was made possible through support provided by the Office of Democracy and Governance, U.S. Agency for International Development Regional Mission for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, within the framework of the RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY (RADA) PROGRAM IN UKRAINE under the terms of Cooperative Agreement No. AID-121-A-14-00001. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the RADA Program staff, U.S. Agency for International Development and/or Government of the United States.