On May 23, 2019, in the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center hosted a press briefing «Parliamentary Reform: Assessment of Results and Agenda for the New Authorities».
The experts of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives presented its assessment of the implementation of parliamentary reform and proposed its agenda for parliamentary reform for the new authorities:
- Svitlana Matviyenko, Chairwoman of the Board of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives;
- Oleksandr Zaslavskyi, Director of the Analytical Department of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives.
Oleksandr Zaslavskyi, Director of the Analytical Department of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives, said that the reform of the Verkhovna Rada was completed only by 41.8%. Alexander evaluated the status of implementation of key recommendations of the Roadmap on Internal Reform and Institutional Capacity Building for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and stressed:
Svitlana Matviyenko, Chairwoman of the Board of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives, presented Reform of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: Way Forward and 7 immediate steps of the parliamentary reform to be taken:
The experts of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives noted that it was possible to implement the Roadmap recommendations in a year and a half. The reason for the inhibition of parliamentary reform is the lack of political will and the general coordination of all those who depend on decision-making.
Video of the press briefing «Parliamentary Reform: Assessment of Results and Agenda for the New Authorities»
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