The need for person-specific responsibility is urgent in the present situation in the country, Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stated in the interview to Holos Ukrainy newspaper on Tuesday.
V.Lytvyn does not consider the comeback to the Constitution of 1996 as a step backwards. He believes that it might have been claimed, "if the past five years were the period of state development."
He reminded that the amendments to the Fundamental Law in 2004 were conditioned by the necessity to enter a new state of development and spread the authorities. "These two circumstances complemented each other and gave impetus to the constitutional process in 2004. However, the decisive impetus was the necessity to find a compromise to resolve the complicated political crisis during the then presidential campaign," V.Lytvyn stated.
The Head of the Parliament regretted that "five years have been lost for Ukraine." "Still, if the authorities were concentrated in the hands of one person, the consequences for the state would be even worse," he added.
The Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine stressed, "Ukraine is facing another challenge that requires person-specific responsibility, given the fact that the development resource accumulated by the previous generations has been exhausted."
"Actions should be sensible and decisive. Still, we know perfectly well that it is very difficult to make collective declarations and make transformations," V.Lytvyn stated. "Therefore, person-specific responsibility came to the fore in all the countries in the critical moments. Either the President, or the Parliament dominated."
V.Lytvyn does not agree to the alleged concentration of power. He lays emphasis on the concentration of responsibility. "The issue or person-specific responsibility is critical in the present situation, which coincides with the global trends," he stated.
The Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada stated that the Constitution defined the role of every branch of power, "so the legal definition shall meet the reality."
"The experts state that the year 2010 is the year of the President who not only won the presidential elections, but also developed a system of power with respective authorities," V.Lytvyn stated. "Given the fact that the President heads the system of executive power, the latter authorities are dominating, which influences the judicial power as the guarantee of human and civil rights and freedoms, and The Verkhovna Rada that initiates the system-forming laws, and has a parliamentary support not only of the Party of Regions uniting 180 People´s Deputies, but also of the parliamentary majority including 270 parliament members."
V.Lytvyn declared that the parliamentary majority had more responsibility than before, when the previous Constitution required a coalition, "which forced its formation under the threat of early termination of the Parliament´s authorities."
The Head of the Parliament believes that it is rather difficult to convince in the importance of assuming responsibility in view of the ambiguous social consequences of the laws. "Supporting points, discussion and dialogue are essential," he stated.