On 14 March this year, the specialised committee of the Verkhovna Rada has considered the bill "On National Security" No.8068 dated 28.02.2018, and despite the summary conclusion of the Main Scientific-Expert Administration of the VRU dated 14.03.2018 ("it is recommended that the draft law be returned to the legislative initiative entity for further work") made a decision: to approve the draft law as a basis with further elaboration.

Remember that the draft law "On National Security" submitted to the parliament is a third "post-Maidan" attempt of the government to show its aptitude and ability to determine the legal foundation for security sector operation and reform not only in the changing circumstances of today, but for the future.

Analysing the National Security bill, one can argue that it is more appropriate and easier to rewrite it and submit for a broad discussion (which has been proposed three years ago), rather than engage in the unconstructive circle of making individual corrections and additions once again.

It would also not hurt to hold a repeat comprehensive inspection of the security sector using a special multi-profile independent commission (not an institution), as the last one was essentially disrupted leading to Ukraine wasting its time and resources for the fourth year in a row attempting to determine the principles and specific effective steps to guarantee national security.