On
Friday, The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall refer the Bill on Amendments to the
Constitution of Ukraine regarding the Period of Authorities of the President,
the Parliament and the Local Self-Government Bodies to the Constitutional Court.
Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, made this statement at the meeting with Bogdan Borusewicz, Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland. He briefed on the political situation in Ukraine after adoption of the Constitutional Court Resolution on non-compliance of the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine" of December 8, 2004 No2222-IV with the Constitution.
According to the Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, if the Constitutional Court has no objection to this bill, "the majority has to vote for it at the current session, the constitutional majority finally supporting the amendments during the next regular session."
V.Lytvyn stated that harmonization of the bill with the Ukrainians laws should become another stage after the detailed scrutiny of the legislative acts to be amended under the Court resolution.
That day, the Parliament adopted the Law on the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, while the bill on amendments to the Standing Orders of Ukraine should be scrutinized on Friday.
Assessing the political situation in the country, V.Lytvyn declared that he was responsible for keeping the standards in the parliament to confirm the democratic principles.
As it was reported, on 7-8 of October, Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stays with the working visit in the Republic of Lithuania and takes part in the sitting of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Senate of the Republic of Lithuania and Sejm of the Republic of Poland.