Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced he will submit next week the draft law on the Anti-corruption Court for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"The bill on the Anti-corruption Court is next in line. I know that for the most part, our public, including the legal community, does not support this bill," he said at the event on the occasion of the beginning of the work of the new Supreme Court of Ukraine.
The president recalled that he had asked the parliament to set up a working group to draft the relevant bill, "so that I, as president, could take into account recommendations of factions of the Verkhovna Rada in order to avoid [further] discussions and reach a compromise. Unfortunately, this has not been done so far."
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"Next week I will submit this bill to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration if it unlocks [the process] and gives an opportunity to register [it]," Poroshenko said.
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