PM appeals to Parliament to support laws that are essential for Ukraine

Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed the hope that tomorrow the Parliament would show unanimity in making decisions necessary for Ukraine and support essential for the country bills that are on the agenda for July 3, the PM said at a Government’s meeting on Wednesday, July 2.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk informed that during the meeting with the President of Ukraine and the Chairman of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine they discussed "issues that should be supported by the Parliament tomorrow."

Thus, the Parliament consider a bill on a special period in the energy sector so as the possibility of a state of emergency in the energy market, as well as the management reform of the Ukrainian gas transit system that provides access to the modernization of the Ukrainian GTS and operation for the EU member states and the United States of America. “These are essential laws that should be adopted tomorrow”.

The PM informed that “NJSC Naftogaz with the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry have been instructed to prepare an energy conference in Ukraine designed to demonstrate to the EU and vice versa, what a new joint model of energy market together with the EU member states, which have ratified and perform the third energy package, we will build together”.

The Prime Minister reminded that tomorrow the Parliament would consider amendments to the Constitution submitted by the Ukraine’s President. One of the main tasks of the Government of Ukraine, stressed the PM is “to decentralize power in the country, to transfer powers to local government, to transfer financial resources to local government as well as to transfer responsibility to local government, so as they don’t forget that not only rights are transferred, but also responsibilities.”

Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed the hope that the parliamentary coalition, which is presented in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as well, is to support these bills.