Poroshenko welcomes initiative to deprive citizenship of Ukraine for separatism

16:48, 14.12.2015 1 min read

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has welcomed an initiative of the authors of the petition regarding a possibility to deprive a citizenship of Ukraine for separatism.

"I can express its position as a president: I think that under conditions of war the country must have this instrument. I'll ask MPs for them to discuss this opportunity and to back the authors of the petition and president of Ukraine," he told the journalists in Kyiv when visiting Ukraina Polygraph Combine state-run enterprise.

The president reminded that a respective petition, which was supported by many Ukrainians, has been already sent to Verkhovna Rada.

Poroshenko explained that under the Constitution of Ukraine it is impossible to deprive a person of Ukrainian citizenship if he was born in Ukraine and is its citizen.

"But another thing is when the citizenship of Ukraine is acquired, there are certain rights, and it requires amendments into Constitution and legislation of Ukraine," he said.