War has reduced influence: The Venetian Commission proposes to delay the law on oligarchs (video)
This was announced on Monday, June 12, by Justice Minister Denis Masuska, who participated in the meeting of the commission. According to Masyusko, Ukraine is advised to postpone the introduction of the law, since the war with Russia significantly changes the balance of power in the country and significantly reduces the impact of oligarchs. He is also convinced that it is very difficult to evaluate the impact of the oligarchs on the legal and political system.
"And this is both the destruction of their enterprises and the functioning of public authorities during the war," he stressed. At the same time, the Minister of Justice stressed that the pause in the implementation of the law will not be long, since the Venice Commission and Ukraine will necessarily return to this topic after victory in the war with the Russian Federation. "If the oligarchs do not become ordinary decent businessmen.
The Minister of Justice also stressed that the implementation of the oligarch law is one of the seven recommendations of the European Commission, the implementation of which is important for the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU. We will remind, on September 23, 2021, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading submitted by President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Bill No.