Rada sends to Constitutional Court president's bill on amendments to Constitution on justice reform

15:07, 22.12.2015 1 min read

Verkhovna Rada has voted in favor of a resolution on sending to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine a president's bill on the amendments into the Fundamental Law on Justice (No. 3524).

A total of 291 MPs voted for the respective bill on Tuesday.

According to the parliament's protocol, as soon as the bill on amendments into the Constitution of Ukraine put on agenda of the session, the lawmakers send it to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine afterwards to receive the conclusions on whether the bill complies with the Articles 157 and 158 of the Fundamental law.

After the conclusions of the Constitutional Court received, the parliament preliminary approves the bill in the first reading under 226 votes.

The aforementioned law will be finally adopted at the next plenary session due to the constitutional majority (at least 300 votes).