Rada rejects bills to end e-declarations for activists
A retrospective on 3 April 2018, when parliament voted down two bills on asset declarations, days after the family doctor campaign began.
Did Ukraine's parliament just keep anti-corruption transparency rules intact for civil society? On 3 April 2018, the Verkhovna Rada rejected two bills that would have abolished electronic asset declaration for public activists: presidential bill No. 6674 and a bill from deputies, No. 6271.
Both proposals aimed at the same change, removing activists from the e-declaration requirement. The Rada voted neither of them through.
A reform campaign under way
The vote came as another public-facing reform moved into its next phase. On 1 April 2018, the official national campaign to choose a family doctor began as part of the healthcare reform.
Beyond Ukraine
The same day, 3 April 2018, reports from the region noted a dispute elsewhere in the Baltic area. Russian MPs called for sanctions against Latvia in response to plans to make Latvian mandatory for all students in the country's secondary schools. The country was described as a quarter ethnic Russian.
