[lg policy] Ukraine: Kolesnichenko proposes amendments to language law

[Harold Schiffman]

Kolesnichenko proposes amendments to language law

Sept. 7, 2012, 12:23 p.m. | Ukraine — by Interfax-Ukraine

A member of the Regions Party parliamentary faction, Vadym
Kolesnichenko, has said that the law of Ukraine on the principles of
the state language policy was adopted without consideration of
proposals.


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A member of the Regions Party parliamentary faction, Vadym
Kolesnichenko, has said that the law of Ukraine on the principles of
the state language policy was adopted without consideration of
proposals submitted by the Justice Ministry of Ukraine, the OSCE, the
Venice Commission, and the parliament's experts, and blamed the
opposition for this.

The MP stated this in the explanatory note to a bill on amendments to
the language bill he registered in the parliament on Sept. 6.

"During the consideration of the bill in the parliament at second
reading and as a whole, proposals from the Justice Ministry of
Ukraine, the Venice Commission, the OSCE, and experts of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine were not taken into account due to the blocking of the
rostrum, numerous attempts to interrupt the sittings, and threats to
blow up and burn the parliament by the opposition," reads the
document.

The deputy proposed a number of editorial corrections to the law, in
particular he proposed to replace the word "area" by the word
"territory," and replace the phrase "group of individuals" by the
phrase "group of individuals that are citizens of Ukraine."

Kolesnichenko also suggested that the process of implementation of the
state language policy should be co-funded from the national and local
budgets.

In addition, the author of the law proposed to apply the provisions of
the law to regional languages and national minority languages even if
they are native to less than 10% of Ukrainian citizens from the
general population of a specific territory, but "in certain cases and
taking into account specific situations."

As reported, the Verkhovna Rada passed the language bill on July 3, 2012.

On August 8, 2012, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed the
bill into law and instructed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to
form a working group for the development of proposals to improve the
language legislation of Ukraine.

The law took effect on August 10, 2012. According to it, a language
may be provided with the status of a regional language given that the
number of people considering it their native language exceeds 10% of
the total population of the region.

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/kolesnichenko-proposes-amendments-to-language-law-312636.html

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