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A petition against the Civil Code gathered 28,000 signatures in a single day: what happens next

A petition against the Civil Code gathered 28,000 signatures in a single day: what happens next

13 May 2026, 15:45

A petition against the Civil Code gathered 28,000 signatures in a single day: what happens next — Civil Code

On 12 May, a petition calling for the adoption of the new Civil Code to be blocked was posted on the President’s website. Within just 24 hours, on 13 May, it had already gathered over 28,000 signatures. This means that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must now consider the petition.

The author of the petition, social and political activist, human rights defender, columnist and writer Khristina Ratushna (Morozova), noted that the 25,000 signatures required for the president to consider the petition had already been collected overnight.

She emphasised that she first wrote about the petition at 11:00, and within half a day the petition had 25,000 signatures. At the same time, the human rights activist noted that if the website hadn’t been ‘down’, the required number of signatures would have been collected even faster.

“I suggest we don’t stop and keep gathering signatures while we can. So that the author of the Code isn’t tempted to keep talking about marginalised people and paid-for freaks with placards. And speaking of placards, see you at the protests. In Kyiv this Sunday at 12:00 in Mariinsky Park,” she said.

It is worth noting that only 40 out of nearly 2,000 petitions to which Presidents Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded had more than 28,000 signatures. Meanwhile, the petition to prevent the adoption of the new Civil Code continues to gather signatures.

As a reminder, ThePublic previously reported on what is changing in the new Civil Code and why it has caused such a stir in society.

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