A bill was registered in the Verkhovna Rada, in which it was proposed to cancel the holidays on May 1 and 9 and March 8.
A group of people's deputies from the “Voice” faction and non-factional ones, including Yaroslav Yurchyshyn and Solomiya Bobrovska, registered in the Verkhovna Rada bill No. 9009 on amending the Labor Code of Ukraine to establish Ukrainian holidays.
< h2 class="news-subtitle cke-markup">Features of the draft law
In this bill, people's deputies proposed to amend Article 73 of the Labor Code and establish the following holidays:
- January 1 – New Year;
- February 25 – Ukrainian Woman's Day (Ukrainian Day)
- Lesya Ukrainka's birthday (instead of March 8);
- second Sunday of May – Mother's Day;
- June 28 – Constitution Day of Ukraine;
- July 28 – Ukrainian Statehood Day;
- August 24 – Independence Day of Ukraine;
- October 14 – Defender of Ukraine Day.< /li>
< li>January 7 and December 25 – Christmas;
< li>March 9 – Shevchenko's Day – Taras Shevchenko's birthday;
Why is it proposed to cancel the celebration of March 8 and May 1 and 9
People's deputies propose to abolish the celebration of March 8 of International Women's Day. The authors of the bill explained this by the fact that it was established by the occupying Moscow regime in order to popularize their own view of the role and place of women. Instead of March 8, they propose to create a holiday of the Day of the Ukrainian Woman on February 25, on the birthday of Lesya Ukrainka.
They also want to celebrate the birthday of Taras Shevchenko on March 9 on the weekend.
In addition, it is planned to cancel the day off 1st of May. In May, they propose to pay attention to the celebration of Mother's Day.
As for May 9, people's deputies propose to cancel it as the Day of Victory over Nazism. If the initiative is accepted, May 8 will be the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, which will not be a red day on the calendar.
