People’s deputies of Ukraine have given its first
reading to the draft bill on amendments to the law on Cabinet and on local
state administration by 240 votes (Party of Regions – 179, BYuT – 4, Our
Ukraine – 0, SPU – 31, CPU – 21). ForUm’s correspondent reported Friday.
According to Yuri Myroshnychenko, the PR member and
the author of the document, the given draft bill sees President’s proposition
to the laws.
The draft law now includes the third amendment of the President,
which sees possibility to dismiss Defense and Foreign Ministers in accordance
with President’s submission, the deputy pointed out.
According to him, in case of adoption of the document the
government will have a right to delegate its individual commissions to other
bodies of the executive power in accordance with procedure established by laws
of Ukraine.
Other amendment sees appointment and dismissal of
deputy ministers on submission of respective ministers, and candidatures of
Defense and Foreign Ministers are nominated after consultation between the
respective minister and the President of Ukraine.
The draft law also excludes the regulation of the
existing law on Cabinet on that the government agrees candidatures of deputy
chairmen of local state administrations, who perform its commission in governmental
spheres of competence.
Moreover, the draft law establishes a regulation,
according to which acts of local state administrations decreed in pursuance of commission
delegated by respective local councils cannot be cancelled by the Cabinet.
