Decentralization, fight against corruption and
reformation of the legal and law enforcement systems are the top-priority
activities of the Verkhovna Rada.
Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman
said this at the meeting with European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and
Gender Equality Vera Jourova on Friday.
"Real decentralization and creation of efficient
legal system are the urgent reforms," Groysman said. He noted that all
other, following reforms would be rapid and effective once those basic ones are
realized.
The Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada calls the
speediest and effective reformation of the legal system extremely important as
it "is contaminated with corruption," which threatens Ukraine's
statehood and its national security. At that Groysman said the Ukrainian
Parliament had enshrined in law all the mechanisms of fight against that
negative and shameful phenomenon.
He said that the draft constitutional amendments,
elaborated by respective workgroup for improvement of constitutional principles
of justice, had been sent to the Venice Commission. "Its conclusions will
be important for us," Groysman noted.
The Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada noted his
commitment to the reforms in Ukraine and said that "the Parliament shows
its ability to pass effective decisions the state requires so much now."
At that he informed about the first steps on the way of reformation of the
internal parliamentary procedures into openness and transparency.
In turn, Vera Jourova noted that this visit was very
important for her, as she had an opportunity to meet with the leadership of
Ukraine and she "gained an impression of what stage Ukraine was on the way
of reformation and what was the status of the Basic Law amendment." At the
same time, she highly appreciated the role of the Ukrainian Parliament in the
legislative support of reforms. "I feel Ukraine is moving towards a right
direction," she said.
Jourova also said that the EU would further support
Ukraine.
The
Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada stressed that the Ukrainian Parliament counts
on further cooperation with the European Commission.
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