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The Verkhovna Rada may, on Jan. 26-27, adopt at the second reading bill No. 3612 on democracy through a referendum, said first deputy head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, leader of the party of the same name Oleksandr Korniyenko.

“I would divide into several important blocks [the bills that the Rada plans to consider during Jan. 26-29]. The first block is our program promise, and what we have been fighting for a long time, that is democracy, and that law on the referendum itself, which has been processed for almost half a year, has been agreed with all international institutions, Ukrainian experts. It will be on the agenda this week. It seems, on Tuesday. That is, I think, on Tuesday-Wednesday [Jan. 26-27] we will be able to vote on the draft law on the referendum, and open up an opportunity for all-Ukrainian referendums,” Korniyenko said on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel.

As reported, the Verkhovna Rada adopted at the first reading presidential bill No. 3612 on democracy through an all-Ukrainian referendum on June 18, 2020.