© Council Broadcasts of parliamentary sessions were stopped in February 2022.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, at its meeting on September 2, supported draft resolution No. 13719 , which provides for the resumption of online broadcasts of parliamentary sessions. 266 people's deputies voted for the decision.
The resolution was registered in parliament on August 29 after another call from public and human rights organizations, as well as the media, to resume online broadcasts of meetings and the early publication of agendas.
The resolution repeals the rule that all those present at a plenary meeting should not disseminate information about its beginning, course, and decisions made at such a meeting earlier than one hour after the announcement of a break in the ongoing plenary meeting.
It also clarifies the issue of ensuring the organization and holding of official speeches and statements by the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada, briefings of people's deputies of Ukraine in connection with the resumption of live broadcasts of open sessions of the parliament.
The explanatory note to the resolution, co-authored by 76 deputies from all factions and non-faction members, notes that the security situation allows for the resumption of broadcasts of parliamentary sessions without creating additional risks.
“The implementation of the proposed changes will contribute to increasing the transparency and accountability of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, strengthening the trust of citizens, as well as implementing international recommendations,” the document stated.
The deputy chairman of the VRU, Oleksiy Kornienko, who chaired the meeting, noted that the question of when the broadcast of parliamentary sessions will resume in practice will be clarified during the day. In particular, according to the resolution, the broadcast of sessions should be carried out immediately, however, the resolutions come into force from the moment they are signed by the chairman of the VRU.
At the same time, after the issue of resuming broadcasts of parliamentary sessions was put to a vote today, September 4, only 146 deputies supported the decision.
“The Rada will only start operating from mid-September…”, People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak suggested.
As a reminder, the Rada TV channel stopped broadcasting parliamentary sessions after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Also, during the sessions, the parliament was closed to journalists, although since May 2024 they have been allowed in again, but only to the sidelines.
