“Speaking about comprehensive amendments, we will discuss the possibility of expanding lustration procedures to cover elected officials, among others. It is what experts want [us to do]. Perhaps this will be enforced,” Petrenko said.
Until now, the so-called lustration law has not affected elected officials, such as the country’s president.
The justice minister added work was underway to hard-wire a "mechanism" into the law that "will not contradict the Ukrainian constitution".
"Thus, voters will know that this person does not meet requirements of the lustration law," Petrenko said.
The vetting law has drawn criticism from the European Union's Venice Commission, a EU advisory body on constitutional law that oversees Ukraine's reforms. The commission made a point that screenings would ultimately call into question the actual functioning of the country's constitutional framework.
The vetting of government officials was one of the main demands made after the February 2014 coup in Ukraine, which resulted in ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych and the installation of a pro-Western governmen
