14 July 2010 Year
On the 9th of July, 2010, the Draft Law “On Access to Public
Information” was considered in the second reading by The Parliament. The Draft
Law was not approved by Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: only 143 MPs voted for
passing of the Draft Law. At the same time, 312 MPs supported the motion to
send the Draft Law for the new second reading.
The document in question is the Draft Law No. 2763 introduced by MP Andriy
Shevchenko, who belongs to BUT Block fraction.This Draft Law is aimed at
introducing mechanisms of obtaining public information by defining the regime
of access to it. Public information includes data, possessed by state power
entities, as well as any information of public interest.
Just before the Draft Law was scheduled for the second reading such
officials as the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn and the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Valeriy
Khoroshkovsky expressed their support for the document.
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