The government was recommended to prepare and submit to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law, which provided that “persons applying for an election to the post of president of Ukraine, for the election of the Verkhovna Rada of the ARC, regional, district council in the city, city, village council, to the post of rural, village chairman, are mandatory submitted to the corresponding election commission a copy of the document confirming a copy of the document confirming a copy corresponding level of ownership of the state language. “
“[В законопроекте должны были прописать, что] Nearby copies of such a document are the basis for refusing to register, ”Kremena emphasized in the office.
According to its representatives, the absence of such a document should be one of the grounds for early termination of the powers of a member of the election commission.
The office of the linguistic ombudsman noted that on April 30 this task was not fulfilled and such a bill did not submit to the coordination of the authorized person on issues of the state language.
The Kremena office was also recommended to resume the work of an expert group on language policy as an advisory and enlightening body under the Cabinet of Ministers.
Context
According to the Constitution of Ukraine, the only state The language in the country is Ukrainian, but the state guarantees the free use of Russian and other languages of national minorities.
In July 2019, the law entered into force in Ukraine to ensure the functioning of the Ukrainian language as a state language. According to the law, the Ukrainian language is mandatory for use in state authorities and local self -government, as well as in the public areas of public life. Since January 2021, all service providers, regardless of the form of ownership, must serve consumers in Ukrainian, at the request of the client, they can use another language acceptable to both sides.
The law does not apply to the sphere of personal communication and religious rites.
January 9, 2025 Kremen reported that During 2024, he received fewer appeals about the violation of the language law than in 2023 and 2022.
