The Verkhovna Rada Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning has officially received an urgent general conclusion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the draft law on an all-Ukrainian referendum.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted the presidential bill " The draft law states that four issues can be submitted to an all-Ukrainian referendum. The document also states that it is impossible to submit to an all-Ukrainian referendum.

The Rada's office reported that the withdrawal was adopted at the session of the Venice Commission on October 8-9. The document concerns compliance of the draft law with the Code of Good Practice on Referendums developed by the Venice Commission and supported by the statutory bodies of the Council of Europe, as well as the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document.

The conclusion takes into account the previous recommendations of the Venice Commission on the legal framework for holding national referendums in Ukraine, the reports of the ODIHR and PACE on elections in Ukraine.

When preparing the draft law on democracy through an all-Ukrainian referendum for the second reading, the committee at its meeting considered the comments and proposals received from the subjects of the right of legislative initiative, including those that were aimed at implementing certain recommendations expressed in the joint opinion of the Venice Commission previously submitted to the committee.

Based on the results of the consideration of this draft law in the second reading, the committee decided to recommend to the Verkhovna Rada to adopt draft law No. 3612 as a whole..

But taking into account the provision of the conclusions of the Venice Commission and the relevant OSCE Office, as well as the comments of the Main Legal Department of the Rada's staff, the bill is now being finalized taking into account these proposals, the Rada's staff added. Reported by ZN. UA.