Zelenskyy will not sign the law on time conversion — the media named the reason

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not yet signed bill No. 4201, which was supposed to cancel the seasonal time change in Ukraine, and does not plan to do so. One of the reasons is the negative economic consequences.

This is reported by BBC Ukraine, citing sources in the Office of the President (OP).

Why Zelenskyy will not sign the law

In July, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted bill No. 4201, which was supposed to cancel the seasonal time change. The law stipulated that after the transition to winter time, Ukraine would remain on it permanently. However, Zelenskyy has not yet signed this law, and does not plan to do so.

"The President does not plan to sign it," the source in the OP notes. He emphasized that the deadlines for vetoing the law have already passed.

According to a source in the Office of the President, the law will not be signed because of the negative economic consequences — losses that could reach several billion hryvnias.

"It's the idea of the speaker, so as not to offend him, there will be no veto, but there will be no signature either," sources from the OP add.

The arguments against signing are also supplemented by numerous petitions from citizens, in particular the petition under the slogan "Don't steal our evenings", where Ukrainians advocated preserving daylight saving time.

The speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, who is the author of this bill, proposed to cancel the time change, believing that winter time is natural for Ukraine. He submitted a similar bill back in 2020, but then the idea also did not receive sufficient support.

It should be noted that this year the time change in Ukraine will take place on the last Sunday of October. This means that on the night of October 27 at 04:00 Kyiv time, the clock hands will be moved back one hour. Thus, Ukrainians will get an "extra" hour of sleep.

Previously, scientists addressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and explained why it is worth stopping changing the clocks twice a year.