Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, doubts that the Constitution of Ukraine will be amended shortly
Asked by Renate Wohlwend
and Mailis Reps, PACE Monitoring Committee
Co-Rapporteurs in the course of the meeting on Thursday, V.Lytvyn expressed
opinion that Ukraine
needs complex changes instead of the new Constitution. "Though it should
be such changes that would be objectively caused and find necessary for their
adoption support in the Parliament", he stated.
Thus, taking into the
consideration of the political power division in the Parliament, Volodymyr
Lytvyn deems "that even the most efficient amendments would not receive
300 votes" of the parliamentarians. "The issue of the Constitutional
amendments is impossible to be scrutinized now", the Head of the Parliament declared.
Though, V.Lytvyn stated that the amendments to the Principal Law of Ukraine before the parliamentary scrutiny first of all should undergo the public discussion and expertise of еру Venice Commission.