June 06, 2008
On June 3 the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine reconsidered the law "On Introduction of Amendments to Legislative Acts
of Ukraine" (law draft No.2481, by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine), taking
into account some propositions the
President introduced using his right of veto, - the Institute of Religious
Freedom reported. By the results of vote
the Law was supported by 226 people's
deputies of the coalition majority and signed by the President of Ukraine in
the session hall of the Parliament.
It should be noted that in the
Law with the President's propositions passed by the Parliament the amendment was
saved according to which religious organizations can lease the land plots of
the state and communal property for placing cult buildings without auction
procedures. The Law mentioned made amendments
to part 1 of Article 16 of the Law of Ukraine
"On Land Lease", which stipulates for the following: "The right to lease the land
plots of the state and communal property is acquired exclusively at auctions
(except the lease by religious organizations for the cult buildings, which are
legalized in Ukraine)."
Among the other important questions
on the week agenda of the sessions of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (June 6, 2008), is consideration of the second
reading of the draft of law "On Introduction of Amendments to Legislative Acts of Ukraine"
concerning the right of religious organizations for permanent land lease (registration No.0973, authors Turchinov A.V., Lukyanchuk R.V.,
Sukhoi Ya.M.).
Passing the draft of the law
mentioned has been expected by religious community, to which testify numerous addresses of the All Ukraine Council of Churches and religious
organizations to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of several convocations, and it
will be one more step forward to legal solution of the actual problems of the
churches in the domain of land use.
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