KYIV. Aug 31 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has approved the procedure for considering electronic petitions submitted to the president, which will be a real mechanism for direct communication between the public and the president, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Dmitry Shymkiv has said.
“Petitions are the real mechanism of direct addresses of the public to the president. This is the initiative of Poroshenko, which first was realized in the adoption of the law on amending the law on petitions of citizens in the electronic form and electronic petitions, which the head of state signed a month ago, and now it is transformed in his decree,” Shymkiv said, commenting on the signing of the document, the press service of the head of state reported.
According to the decree, under the law on the petitions of citizens, electronic petitions will be submitted to the president with at least 25,000 signatures collected no more than three months from the date of its publication.
“The petitions will be discussed urgently, but no later than 10 working days from the moment of the publication of information on the start of its consideration. The Presidential Administration is provided for the consideration of the petitions,” the report said.
A working group will be created to consider the petition with the involvement of representatives of the interested agencies, and if required – representatives of civil society, experts, specialists, advisory and other auxiliary agencies and services, the report said.
If the issues raised in a petition touch not only powers of the Ukrainian president, but also other agencies, the relevant agencies will be involved in working on the petitions.
The draft president’s response will be formed within seven days from the day of the publication of information pm the consideration of the petition. Then it is to be submitted to the president.
The notification on support or non-support of the electronic petition by the head of state will be posted on the website of the Ukrainian president and his response will be posted in a dedicated section.
