**1. Substance of the Act**
This Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is an official procedural decision of the parliament regarding the referral of a parliamentary inquiry to the President of Ukraine. The inquiry concerns the conferral of the highest state award — the title of Hero of Ukraine (posthumously) — upon Junior Sergeant Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Lytovchenko, a serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians. The document was adopted in performance of the constitutional functions of parliamentary oversight and the realization of the rights of People’s Deputies. The inquiry received the joint support of 264 People’s Deputies, which is a prerequisite for forwarding such an appeal to the head of state.
**2. Structure of the Act and Amendments**
Structurally, the Resolution is highly concise and typical for documents of this nature. It consists of a regulatory legal justification (reference to clause 34 of Article 85 of the Constitution of Ukraine and Article 15 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Status of a People’s Deputy of Ukraine”) and directly one operative paragraph on forwarding the inquiry to the President of Ukraine. Since this act is a document of single-use (an act of individual application), it does not introduce any amendments to the current legislation or codes and has no prior versions for comparison.
**3. Key Provisions for Practical Application**
The following aspects are important for the practical tracking and implementation of this decision:
* **Addressee of the appeal:** The inquiry has been forwarded directly to the President of Ukraine, since, according to the Constitution, he holds the exclusive authority to confer state awards.
* **Subject and object of the inquiry:** The initiators were a group of People’s Deputies (in particular, A.K. Skorokhod), and the object is a specific serviceman, indicating his military rank and unit, which simplifies the identification procedure when reviewing the award materials.
* **Legal force:** The formalization of support for the inquiry by 264 votes of People’s Deputies triggers a mandatory mechanism for the consideration of this appeal by the Office of the President within the time limits established by law, with the compulsory provision of a response to the parliament.
