Voting on the bill to ban the UOC may be postponed

Verkhovna Rada session. Photo: Rada Press Center

The announced vote on March 20, 2024, for bill No. 8371, which prohibits the activities of the UOC, is unlikely to take place. In the Verkhovna Rada, due to a lack of votes, bills put up for consideration are being removed from the agenda, as reported by MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak.

In particular, the MP stated that the presidential bill on dual citizenship has been removed from the vote.

Several Telegram channels write that deputies are sabotaging sessions by not showing up for work.

As reported by the UP with reference to sources, 170-180 out of 235 deputies of the Servant of the People faction regularly attend sessions and actively vote. The rest either defected or skip sessions.

The reason for the sabotage is said to be the lack of desire to vote for a number of bills from the Office of the President, such as "On Mobilization".

As a result, the vote on the ban of the UOC may be postponed due to other controversial bills.

"The project is contentious. Many members of our faction do not support it. And if it is adopted, they may refuse to vote on other issues. Meanwhile, we have mobilization on the agenda. Every vote counts. Davyd (the leader of the SP faction Davyd Arakhamiya – Ed.) does not want to take risks. So, for now, the bill is postponed, but after the adoption of the mobilization bill, it will likely come back," said a source to Strana.ua.

As reported by the UOJ, the provisions of the modified bill on the UOC have become known.

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