The Batkivshchyna faction has blocked the signing of the bill on the legalization of medical cannabis in Ukraine, which was supported by the Verkhovna Rada the day before. This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
According to him, the parliament will be able to unblock the signing of the bill only in mid-January next year. Then the president has to sign it.
"And given that the law comes into force only in six months, it will start working around July 2024," Zheleznyak wrote.
It is worth noting that the day before, Batkivshchyna leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who has consistently opposed the legalization of medical cannabis, said that the faction wants to appeal to the Constitutional Court to cancel the results of the parliamentary vote. She said that "the MPs' amendments to the bill were considered in a half-empty session hall." Tymoshenko also believes that the bill "legalizes drug business and the drug mafia in the country", without providing evidence to support her accusations.
