Unfortunately, the Constitution of Ukraine in both versions of 1996 and 2004 failed to become an effective Fundamental Law. Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, made the foregoing statement in the interview to Kyivshchyna magazine, asked about implementation of the Fundamental Law. He believes that one of the causes is "the attempt to create a perfect document, a so-called universal catechesis of the state, without considering the national identity and mentality, past experience of drafting similar acts, and analysis of modern constitutions."
V.Lytvyn supposes that ‘perfection´ of the Constitution together with its compromise character and a great number of slogans and declarations had an unexpected effect: the state failed to guarantee the rights it proclaimed.
"The most debatable issues, which became a stumbling block during adoption of the Fundamental Law state language, state symbols, the right of private ownership, the concept of Ukrainian nation are still controversial," the Head of the Ukrainian Parliament admitted. According to him, another reason for inadequate implementation of the Constitution is "the lack of a critical mass of executors in the political circles and society with unanimous attitude towards key provisions of the Fundamental Law." "Thus, the Constitution, which became a result of a forced compromise in 1996, has lost its old admirers, and has not acquired new ones," V.Lytvyn stressed. He confirmed this statement by the fact that almost all political forces shaped their attitudes to the Constitution, having prepared their own drafts.