Dismissal of the Ombudsman, Sanctions Against the ROC and Amendments to the Budget: Parliament's Work on May, 31

At the same time, a draft law was registered in the Parliament. If adopted, it would allow MPs to hold meetings remotely. Read about the key points of the initiative, international experience, and its advantages and disadvantages in the new piece by the Civil Network OPORA.

Almost 50 people's deputies propose to decolonize the toponyms and streamline the use of geographical names in the settlements of Ukraine. The relevant bill was registered in the Verkhovna Rada on April 5.

8 years. That’s for how long Ukraine was in a state of hybrid war with the Russian Federation. First, our neighbors annexed Crimea in 2014, and then invaded Donbas and occupied part of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. However, the aggressor did not stop there and on February 24, 2022, without declaring war, launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Session on session, the parliament keeps registering increasingly more legislative initiatives. Thus, as of June, 2021, the Verkhovna Rada of the 9th convocation registered 3,696 draft laws but as little as 12% of them have been passed. Meanwhile, over the same period, the Verkhovna Rada of the 8th convocation registered more initiatives – 4,602. At the same time, they approved more of them, too – 14%.  Analysts of the Civil Network OPORA have explored into the process of registering and p...

Compared to the previous convocation, the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation has renewed by 80%. It became slightly younger, and the representation of women has increased by 9%. Besides that, for the first time in the history of Ukraine, the legislative body has a so-called mono party majority of the Servant of the People (248 MPs). These and other factors had definitely influenced the first year of the new, already ninth, convocation of Ukrainian Parliament.

In June, 60 MPs missed more than 30% of votes in the Parliament. These were 25 MPs from the Servant of the People faction, 9 non-faction MPs, 8 from the Batkivshchyna, 7 from the Opposition Platform for Life, 4 from the Holos, 4 from the European Solidarity, and 3 from the For the Future.

In May, 65 MPs missed more than 30% of votes in the Parliament. These were 29 MPs from the Servant of the People faction, 10 from the Batkivshchyna, 7 from the Opposition Platform for Life, 6 from the Holos, 5 non-faction MPs, 5 from the European Solidarity, 6 - For the Future, 2 - Dovira.

As there still was the quarantine in May, the Parliament continued working in the format of extraordinary sittings. They can be initiated by the President of Ukraine or a third part of MPs. There were 4 such meetings in May (on 7, 13, 19 and 20 May). Thus, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a number of legislative initiatives in May. In particular, it voted on a law that gives extra guarantees for health care and other employees who are involved in protection of the population against infectious dise...

Over six months of the Verkhovna Rada of IX convocation, it has got 1,274 registered bills, and adopted 12.4% of them. Bills registered by the President of Ukraine have the highest level of support. MPs from the Batkivshchyna, Servant of the People, Opposition Platform - For Life factions and non-faction MPs missed the biggest number of votings.