The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, does not plan to sign the bill "On Calculating of Time", which cancels the further seasonal adjustment of clock hands after the transition to winter time, which will take place on October 27.
This was reported by the publication BBC Ukraine with reference to sources in the presidential team.
Thus, the publication reminds that the bill "On Calculating of Time in Ukraine" No. 4201, which was supposed to cancel the seasonal adjustment of clocks, was supported by the MPs in the second reading on July 16. According to it, on October 27, Ukraine was supposed to switch to winter time for the last time.
Later, the bill was signed by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, and on August 21, it was sent to Volodymyr Zelenskyy for signature. However, the President has not yet signed it.
As an interlocutor in Zelenskyy's team told the publication, this law will never be signed.
"The President does not plan to sign," said the interlocutor in the President's Office. And the time limit for vetoing the law has already passed.
Another interlocutor in the presidential faction also assured the publication that there would be no signature.
"The speaker push it through, this is his idea, so in order not to offend him, there will be no veto, but there will be no signature either," said an interlocutor in the Verkhovna Rada.
According to him, they calculated everything and saw the negatives for the economy, supposedly "several billions of losses appeared."
To the arguments against the signing of the law, the interlocutor of the publication added petitions such as "don't steal our evenings", which were presented by Ukrainians.
"So, under such a scenario, Ukrainians will continue to switch to summer time in March, and to winter time in October," the journalists emphasize.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the petition to Zelenskyy to veto the law on canceling the transition to summer time has gained the necessary votes.
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