Mykola Tomenko, Vice-Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, believes that the problem of "deputies-turncoats" in the Ukrainian parliament should be settled immediately.
Mykola Tomenko expressed such an opinion at the meeting with Charnjit Singh Atwal, Vice-Chairman of the House of People of the Indian Parliament that was held within the scope of a working visit of the Vice-Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to India.
The Vice-Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament believes that responsibility of the deputies for violation of the party programs, betrayal of electors´ interests and corruptive voting should become a basis of a supreme legislative body.
In his turn, the Vice-Chairman of the House of People of the Indian Parliament stated that responsibility of the deputies before their parties was of great significance at the Indian Parliament that included representatives of numerous political forces. He stated that parliamentary elections would be held in India in April-May 2009. Moreover, according to Ch.S.Atwal, within the last convocation, 10 deputies were deprived of their deputy mandates for violation of the law concerning deputies-turnover.
The Parties agreed about the visit of the Indian parliamentary delegation to Ukraine after the parliamentary elections in India.
The Vice-Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine also met Doctor T. Ramasami, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Co-Chairman of the Ukrainian-Indian Committee on Scientific and Technical Cooperation. According to M.Tomenko, Ukraine considers scientific and technical cooperation as a priority direction of a long-term Ukrainian-Indian partnership.
In his turn, T.Ramasami confirmed willingness of the Indian Party to return to the issue concerning signing of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation and the Protocol on Protection of Copyright after a new Indian Government was formed.