Thursday, 27 March 2014
“Heritage” faction members suggest convening National Assembly sessions fortnightly Government ready to discuss the proposal of the opposition
Today’s Cabinet sitting reviewed a bill on amendments to the law “On Rules and Procedures of the National Assembly,” which is a legislative initiative introduced by a group of MPs.
They suggest convening three-day sittings fortnightly. The bill seeks to make the legislature’s work more dynamic. As noted in the opinion of the Government, the Executive shares this view and is interested in the matter as it will be an opportunity to discuss greater number of legislative initiatives. However, there is a number of problematic issues: which way will the new law affect the standing committees’ work and will MPs have enough time to fully explore and discuss the bills? Thus, the government comes to the conclusion that the bill needs further study.
At the same time, the Government is ready to cooperate with the authors of the bill to improve the performance of the National Assembly, especially where the Government circulates numerous bills in the National Assembly that have not yet been discussed and, therefore, the Government cannot achieve its goals in a timely manner.
The meeting discussed a draft law on amendments to the Civil Code, which is a legislative initiative presented by a group of MPs representing different factions. They have proposed measures to prevent social networks from disseminating insulting or slandering content by evoking the responsibility of media outlets, in particular.
While welcoming the initiative, however, the Government made a number of recommendations which, once approved, will make the bill acceptable to the Executive.
The aforementioned draft laws and the Government’s findings will be submitted to the National Assembly in the manner established by law.
