Referendum law promises to be passed before spring

At first reading, the bill was adopted in June and was generally due to pass by the end of the year, but it could not due to a large number of amendments.

The Verkhovna Rada can pass a bill on democracy through a referendum in February, said the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia. He told this to Interfax-Ukraine on Friday, December 25.

“We wanted to vote on the bill on the December referendum, but as there are 2000 amendments, we have to work with their authors to withdraw them or not insist too much on their consideration, that is, they do not block the approval of the law. it was possible to vote in December. I think we will approve it in February ”, said the popular deputy.

In addition, initiatives are expected on an electronic referendum, local referendums, as well as the entire package of bills on democracy.

Arahamia also believes that the Rada needs to develop an electronic voting model by the end of 2021, at least at the local level.

“I would like to get to the prototype at least locally for electronic voting by the end of the year, so that perhaps with the help of some kind of application like Diya, however, we will arrive at some kind of this model. the promise of the program is to move to a digitized process ”, explained the deputy.

Let us remember that in the first reading the referendum law was approved in June. It establishes which questions can be put to a general vote and which cannot. The organizational aspects are also detailed.

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