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Ukraine’s deputies failed to overcome President’s veto

Ukraine’s deputies failed to overcome President’s veto
People’s deputies of Ukraine failed to overcome President’s veto, imposed on draft budget bill for 2007. Only 248 out of 300 necessary votes were given in support.

At the same time the parliamentarians decided to send the document for revision in accordance with article 130 of the Verkhovna Rada regulations.

According to the decision, the VR committee on budget issue must attract to work authorized representatives of the Cabinet, Secretariat of the President and to submit final variant of the document for consideration before December 19.

It is significant that before the voting parliamentarians registered three amendments of the President to the document, one of which concerns cancellation of benefits for deputies.