Government looks forward to the adoption by the Parliament of a bill which will remedy the so-called "Savchenko's law" next week

The government looks forward to the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the draft law enabling us to resolve the problem of the mass release of criminals due to the so-called "Savchenko's law" next week. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman during a meeting of the Regional Development Council under the chairmanship of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday.

"The Government has drafted a law and submitted it to the Parliament. We expect that the Parliament will adopt it next week in order to stop these criminal things against the Ukrainian people," - Volodymyr Groysman said.

At the same time, according to him, it is necessary to build effective mechanisms within the country that will allow us to restore order on the streets, prevent violations that threaten the life and health of citizens.

The Prime Minister noted that according to the latest decision of the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine the Government has addressed to the Parliament make the necessary amendments into the State budget, which regulate the issue including increasing funding for the criminal investigation.