The G7 ambassadors have put President Volodymyr Zelensky in a position to choose: veto law 5655, which reduces the powers of communities, or side with the authors of the law, which is pushing a large corruption scheme. This was mentioned by former MP Alexander Chernenko on his Facebook page, referring to the statement of the 'Big Seven' ambassadors.
In their statement, the G7 ambassadors emphasized the importance of preserving the powers of local communities during the implementation of urban development reform.
According to Chernenko, in this way the ambassadors of the 'Big Seven' countries showed their disapproval of law 5655, which significantly reduces the rights of local self-government.
'When the ambassadors of the 'Big Seven' after meeting with Vice Prime Minister - Minister for Community Development Alexander Kubrakov and Vice Prime Minister - Minister for Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov speak about the need to preserve the powers of communities, in diplomatic terms it means that G7 is not at all thrilled about the violent urban law 5655. This law is currently on the president's desk, awaiting either adoption or veto,' writes Chernenko.
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He notes that after the ambassadors' statement, President Zelensky found himself facing a choice.
'First, consider the position of international partners, support the appeal of the Association of Ukrainian Cities to exercise the right to veto 5655 and the petition from Ukrainian citizens that garnered the required 25,000 votes within the first day of voting. Or second: side with the authors of the bill 5655, which is pushing a large corruption scheme,' notes Chernenko.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted the bill No. 5655 on the reform of the urban development sphere in its entirety.
The bill is referred to as scandalous. 228 people's deputies voted 'for'. No votes were cast by the factions 'European Solidarity' and 'Batkivshchyna'.
The document, which is supposed to create a transparent system of urban development control and solve problems in the construction sector, increases the powers of the Ministry of Community Development and Territories and transfers to the ministry functions that were previously performed by the State Architectural and Construction Inspection.
The document proposes to establish 'private control' for developers. This means that construction companies will be able to create their own firms that will 'control' their activities.