The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VRU) endorsed the introduction of amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the activities of the National Police. The corresponding draft laws №3387-vi and №3225 were endorsed in the first reading by 294 and 289 people’s deputies respectively, RBC-Ukraine (РБК-Украина) reports.
The said laws have technical character. The adoption of these draft laws will ensure compliance of Ukrainian legislation with the Law on National Police.
The implementation of the draft act will not require additional financial expenses from the state budget of Ukraine.
Therefore, in some laws of Ukraine the word “militia” is replaced with “national police”. Amendments will be introduced into 54 legislative acts.