The President of Ukraine during the martial law alone will be able to decide on the removal of an official and entrust the performance of his duties to another person
The Verkhovna Rada allowed the President of Ukraine to single-handedly remove and appoint heads of regional and district state administrations, as well as the Prosecutor General during the war.
< p>This is provided by the draft law “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine” On the Legal Regime of Martial Law “on the Functioning of Local Self-Government during Martial Law, adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament on May 12.
The draft law proposes to amend to Article 11 of the Law on the Legal Regime of Martial Law and to establish that the President of Ukraine during the martial law may decide to remove an official and entrust his duties to another person if he meets the requirements of applicable law.
With this same document, legislators expanded their powers during the war. In particular, this applies to the appointments/dismissals of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights and Ministers. It is envisaged that during the martial law the Verkhovna Rada may express no confidence in officials, except for those whose appointments and dismissals are made by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the proposal of the President of Ukraine or the Cabinet of Ministers.
Question of no confidence may be initiated by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or by at least one quarter of the deputies from the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
An expression of no confidence in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine entails the dismissal of an official.
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The bill was sent for signature to the President of Ukraine.
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