Ukraine's parliament to create special committee to 'restore territorial integrity'
(Baonghean.vn) - Members of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, plan to establish a special, temporary committee responsible for restoring the territorial integrity and protecting Ukraine's sovereignty.
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According to information from the official website of the Verkhovna Rada, the proposal was initiated by the Golos party and was registered with the Parliament Secretariat on October 16.
The commission will be tasked with “defining the principles and establishing a series of steps that must be followed by Ukraine's government agencies and officials, aimed at restoring the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty.”
According to the draft, the main purpose of the initiative is to “ensure measures to counter potential threats to the national interests of Ukraine in preparing and organizing events aimed at retaking and re-entering the occupied territories of Ukraine.”
According to the proposal, this committee will be established for a period of 1 year and will submit quarterly reports to the National Assembly sessions.
Sergei Rakhmanin, the head of the Golos party in parliament, was proposed to be the chairman of the committee, while Alexander Korniyenko from the pro-presidential Servant of the People party was appointed as his deputy. In total, the committee has 12 members in the Verkhovna Rada, representing all parties.
According to Rakhmanin, the commission's work will be “difficult”, but he believes that lawmakers “will be able to find points of convergence” and contribute to the process of finding a peaceful solution for the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
