It was mentioned at the Committee meeting that calling the elections of the President of Ukraine within the time limit stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine belongs to the authority of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (clause 7 of chapter one of article 85).
The people’s deputies stressed that system analysis of constitutional norms regulating calling the elections of the President of Ukraine shows that they are connected with establishing time limits of their calling.
Thus, according to the Committee members, the Verkhovna Rada, calling the elections of the President of Ukraine and establishing the date of the calling, should be governed by the norms of the Constitution of Ukraine, particularly by clause 7 of chapter one of article 85, by chapters one and five of article 103, and by clause 16 of the Transitional Provisions.
It was stressed at the meeting that calling the elections of the President of Ukraine for Sunday, March 30, 2014 does not comply with clause 16 of the Transitional Provisions of the Basic Law of Ukraine, according to which the elections of the President of Ukraine are held on the last Sunday of March, 2015.