Resolutions of Ukraine's Supreme Soviet (09/01/91)

Resolutions of Ukraine's Supreme Soviet

Resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR

To declare on August 24, 1991, Ukraine as an independent, democratic state.

From the moment of declaration, only the Constitution of Ukraine, its laws, government resolutions and other law-making acts of the republic are valid in Ukraine.

On December 1, 1991, to conduct a republican referendum to affirm the Act of Declaration of Independence.

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
August 24, 1991

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR August 24, 1991 Resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on the depoliticization of organs of the Procuracy of the UkrSSR, Ministry of Internal Affairs and KGB of the UkrSSR.

In accordance with No. 2, Article 49 of the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, the Supreme Soviet of the UkrSSR resolves:

1. to halt the activity of political party organizations in the structures of the Procuracy of the UkrSSR, MVS (Ministry of Internal Affairs) of the UkrSSR, KGB of the UkrSSR;

2. workers of the Procuracy of the UkrSSR, MVS and KGB of the UkrSSR are obligated to relinquish their membership in any political party;

3. workers of the Procuracy, MVS and KGB who do not comply with No. 2 of the resolution are subject to dismissal from the aforementioned organs within a period of 10 days from the adoption of this resolution.

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
L. Kravchuk
Kiev

(Translated by The Ukrainian Weekly)