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Volodymyr Zelensky responded to a petition to strip Potap of the title of People’s Artist of Ukraine. In early September, on the website of the President of Ukraine, it had gathered 25 thousand signatures in six days, sufficient for a response from the head of state.
In his response, Zelensky noted that there are such grounds for stripping the title of People’s Artist of Ukraine: a criminal conviction for a grave or especially grave crime, offenses against the foundations of Ukraine’s national security or against international order, and also sanctions by the National Security and Defense Council.
Thus the president redirected the petition for consideration to Prime Minister Serhiy Korketsky and acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Pokład. It is the Cabinet of Ministers and the Security Service that make proposals to apply sanctions, which are submitted for consideration to the NSDC.
- Thank you to everyone who joined this petition, for the active civic position, for supporting initiatives aimed at protecting the Ukrainian cultural-information space from Russian influence and narratives, — the Zelensky response also states.
The petition was registered by singer and activist Kateryna Taran. The main complaints against Potap are tolerance of the Russian language and performances with Russian stars abroad amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
17 In September, the Verkhovna Rada voted on a request to Zelensky to strip Potap of the title of People’s Artist. But this proposal did not receive the required number of votes to be adopted.
Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Potap the title of People’s Artist of Ukraine in 2020 year on the occasion of Constitution Day.
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