[lg policy] Ukraine: Opposition challenges in court approval of language bill at first reading

[Harold Schiffman]

Opposition challenges in court approval of language bill at first reading
Yesterday at 14:18 | Interfax-Ukraine

Opposition MPs have asked the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine
to declare unlawful the approval at first reading of a bill on the
principles of state language policy. This is stipulated in a lawsuit
filed by BYT-Batkivschyna faction deputies at the court on Monday.

"We're asking [the court] to declare unlawful the actions of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in approving at first reading of a bill on
the principles of the state language policy, which instructs the main
committee [on culture and spirituality] to prepare it for second
reading," reads the document.

The MPs asked the court to oblige parliament to include in the
protocol of the parliament's morning session on June 5, during which
the draft law was voted for, a note on the rejection of the bill.

The plaintiffs are BYT-Batkivschyna faction deputies Yuriy Odarchenko
and Stepan Kurpil. The defendant is the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and
the third party on the side of the defendant is the committee on
culture and spirituality.

As reported, on June 5, the Verkhovna Rada passed at first reading a
bill on the principles of state language policy, which strengthens the
positions of the Russian language and the languages of national
minorities in the regions, if the percentage of their speakers exceeds
10%.

Read more: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/129395/#ixzz1xhYU4nv2


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