Every year 700,000 Ukrainians use free legal aid – Petrenko

12:20, 20.10.2017 1 min read

Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko has said that about 700,000 citizens of Ukraine annually use the services of the centers for free legal assistance.

"Starting from 2014, we have 550 free legal aid centers that are located throughout the country. They provide consultations on average to 700,000 Ukrainian citizens annually," Petrenko said during an hour of questions to the government in the parliament on Friday.

The minister said that citizens resort to centers for housing subsidies, protection of rights, and property issues.

According to Petrenko, the level of complaints about the work of employees of these centers is about 1%.