Lviv regional council has declared the law "On the principles of state language policy" invalid on the territory of the region.

Sixty four deputies voted for this proposal.

Lviv Regional Council Deputy Iryna Farion initiated the proposal. She proposed to make amendments to the program for development of Ukrainian language and Ukrainian culture" adding a clause "to declare the law on the principles of state policy language invalid on the territory of the region."

"I propose to declare invalid Kivalov's (the author of the law) law on the territory of Lviv region, as it is in essence anti-state, and there were serious violations [of procedure] during its adoption," she said.

As reported, The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a bill initiated by the Regions Party "On the principles of state language policy" on July 3.

On August 8, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed this law, and charged the Cabinet of Ministers with creating a working group to draw up proposals on improving the legislation.

The law came into force on August 10. It foresees the possibility of the existence of other official languages in those regions in which the percentage of persons from national minorities exceed 10%.