Pressed by NGOs, Rada passes lustration bill
The bill to screen officials was passed in its first reading today, with NGOs outside the legislature staging massive demonstrations in support of the bill, our correspondent reports from Kyiv Aug. 14.
After several months of procrastination, 252 lawmakers voted for the bill. Regions and Communist lawmakers refused to back the bill.
Under the law, officials incriminated in fuelling separatist or terrorist feelings will be never allowed to run for elected offices.
