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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved at first reading bill No. 9083, which envisages deregulation and denationalization of the used vehicle trade market, announced Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev.
Business associations appealed to the president and other authorities to ensure crucial reforms in Ukraine. Twenty-one Ukrainian business associations, including IT-Ukraine Association, CEO Club, Ukrainian Business Council, Chamber of Commerce and others, made a public appeal to the president, the Cabinet of Ministers and the Verkhovna Rada with a demand to ensure crucial steps for business are taken. The list of requirements from business includes three institutional reforms, in particular the restart of the Bureau of Economic Security (with a competitive selection of a new director that includes a decisive vote of the international representatives and recertification of staff) and the restart of the State Customs Service.
Servant of the People's own Mariana Bezuhla brought a new bill to Ukraine's parliament floor, aiming to penalize "misappropriation of state functions." Confronted with criticism, she branded the ordeal a "provocation."