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PR majority not to support bill against discrimination

PR majority not to support bill against discrimination
The majority of MPs from the Party of Regions faction is not ready to vote for the bill №2342 on amendments to some legislative acts concerning the prevention and combating discrimination in Ukraine, the faction leader Oleksandr Yefremov told a briefing, ForUm correspondent reports.

He explained that the Ukrainian legislation already contains anti-discrimination rules and there is no need to duplicate them in a separate bill.

Meanwhile Yefremov stressed that voting for this bill would bring Ukraine closer to the EU. "The adoption of the anti-discriminatory law would help us in Vilnius," he said.