There are enough votes in the Rada to ban the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate.
“Servant of the People” Nikita Poturaev reported this to Ukrinform.
Today, I estimate the chances of his support in the hall higher than when we were forced to resort to a protest action at the rostrum (July 23. — Rakurs). We thought that we had 240 votes on that day, optimistically — perhaps 250. Now I think that with the support of the President and the head of the Office of the President and the presidium headed by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, we should definitely have more votes. said the parliamentarian.
According to Poturaev, a constitutional majority in support of the bill will not be achieved due to the fact that among the former members of the Opposition Platform – For Life, only one people’s deputy supported this bill in the first reading.
Therefore, a constitutional majority will not be achieved, but I think that we will confidently vote for it, the MP added.
History of the issue
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations supported the ban on the activities of religious organizations associated with Russia.
We support the legislative initiative of the President of Ukraine to prevent the activities of such organizations in our country, which also has broad political and public support, the statement says.
Representatives of Ukrainian religious organizations also condemned the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church, which became complicit in the bloody crimes of the Russian invaders against humanity.
Let us recall that the Verkhovna Rada did not vote for the bill banning the UOC on July 23. The other day, the president called on parliamentarians to gather to consider the initiative, which would “ensure spiritual independence.”
The essence of the bill
On August 15, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy recommended that deputies support the relevant bill, but made several changes.
Firstly, the name of the law will be changed and will be called “On the protection of the constitutional order in the sphere of activities of religious organizations.”
Secondly, two points of the law will come into effect before and after the law comes into force. The first point concerns preparation for implementation at the government level, the second – the time needed for all Ukrainian religious organizations to decide.
Nine months after the law comes into force, the State Service for Ethnopolicy and Freedom of Conscience will be able to go to court to terminate the activities of a religious organization if it has established ties with the Russian Orthodox Church.
The bill also includes changes regarding the right of religious organizations associated with the Russian Federation to use state and municipal property free of charge.
According to Poturaev, the nine-month period is required not to save religious institutions associated with Russia, but to comply with all legal procedures provided in connection with the upcoming entry into force of the bill “On the protection of the constitutional order in the sphere of activities of religious organizations.”
Source: Racurs
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