{"id":407313,"date":"2019-06-06T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T06:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/verkhovna-rada-adopts-impeachment-procedure-law\/"},"modified":"2019-06-06T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T06:30:26","slug":"verkhovna-rada-adopts-impeachment-procedure-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/verkhovna-rada-adopts-impeachment-procedure-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Verkhovna Rada Adopts Impeachment Procedure Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43593 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/picture-17-e1559813055442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photos Ukrinform\/UATV<\/h5>\n<p>The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law that establishes impeachment procedures for a president.<\/p>\n<p>Newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi pushed for the law.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43599 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/picture-20-e1559813632452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some 279 people&#8217;s deputies voted for the Law No. 1098 &#8220;On Temporary Investigation Commissions, a Special Temporary Investigation Commission and Temporary Special Commissions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-polytics\/2715852-rada-adopts-law-envisaging-procedure-for-presidents-impeachment.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrinform<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputies adopted the document in the first reading on April 25, 2019. During the preparation for the second reading, more than 1,600 amendments were added to the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/interfax.com.ua\/news\/political\/591963.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interfax<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The law regulates the powers of the Verkhovna Rada to determine the status and procedure for the establishment and activity of temporary investigation commissions, temporary special commissions, and a special temporary investigation commission to conduct an investigation during the procedure for the removal of the president from office through impeachment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43597 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/picture-18-e1559813488437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the document, the ground for initiating impeachment and creating a special temporary investigation commission is a motion signed by a constitutional majority of people&#8217;s deputies whose signatures are not withdrawn. The law determines that the Verkhovna Rada sets up such a commission in accordance with Article 111 of the Constitution of Ukraine to investigate circumstances regarding high treason or other crime committed by the president.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43598\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/picture-19-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos Ukrinform\/UATV The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law that establishes impeachment procedures &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":407314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415],"tags":[],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-407313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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