Zelensky enacted NSDC decisions on dual citizenship

05 March 2021, 09:30 | Policy 
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted NSDC decisions on dual citizenship. The Cabinet of Ministers must develop a document within 2 months.

This is reported by the Office of the President of Ukraine.

In particular, it is necessary to establish the presence or absence of legal certainty of the prohibition for citizens of Ukraine who have the citizenship of a foreign state, to hold certain state and political positions or to perform the functions of the state or local self-government..

Based on the results of such an analysis, the government, within six months, should submit to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration draft laws that would provide for a ban on Ukrainians who have citizenship of a foreign state or who have submitted documents for obtaining foreign citizenship:.

claim to fulfill the functions of the state or local government;

apply for leadership positions at strategic state property;

have access to state secrets;

be a member of an election commission, an official observer, or campaign for national and local elections;

be a member of a political party.

It is also necessary to develop and submit to the parliament a procedure for confirming the refusal and renunciation of the citizenship of a foreign state for Ukrainians applying for the above positions..

In addition, at the legislative level, the procedure for submitting declarations on obtaining foreign citizenship by citizens of Ukraine should be provided.. For residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Lugansk regions and Crimea, this procedure will be put into effect only after the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

For the submission of false information in the declarations of the absence of foreign citizenship, it must be established? responsibility.

Also, according to the decision of the NSDC, the government should start an interstate dialogue to conclude bilateral agreements with interested states, except for Russia, aimed at resolving problematic issues related to multiple citizenship.

Источник: glavnoe.ua