His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk): The language law disrespects people

The Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church believes that the language law disrespects both languages and that therefore it is anti-constitutional.  His statement was made on the news program of Channel 24. “On the one hand, it is an absolute disregard for Ukrainian as the state language; on the other hand, it is also a disregard for the Russian language and therefore no honest person can reconcile oneself to such a language draft legislation,” stated the UGCC Head. The UGCC Primate is convinced that, in this law and the manner in which it was accepted, there exists  a perceptible disrespect towards that which is sacred for each person. “When we talk about language or respect for a language used by one or another person, we are speaking about the dignity of an individual.  In discussing this topic, we must first of all respect the dignity of the human individual, regardless of which language the individual speaks,” believes His Beatitude Sviatoslav. See video: ugcc.tv/ua/media/54590.html.

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