18 September 2008, 14:27
Mykola Tomenko: The President has no right to dissolve the Parliament without the consultations
Giving comments to the possible actions regarding the dissolve of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VI convocation, Vice-Chairman of the Parliament M. Tomenko expressed the astonishment on the fact that in Ukrainian society the misleading thought about the absolute right of the President to dissolve the Parliament by his Order under the condition that during one month according to the item 83 of the Constitution of Ukraine, no coalition will be formed.
"In fact the law-maker has clearly stated it as a right, and not the obligation of the President. It means that in order to adopt the decision due to the Constitution, Viktor Yushchenko has to take into consideration the public, political and other situations in Ukraine " Mykola Tomenko stated.
He pointed the attention on the item 90 of The Constitution of Ukraine that has clearly fixed that "the descision on the pre-termed dissolve of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is made by The President of Ukraine after having consulted the Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, his assistants and the Chairmen of the some Deputies Factions in The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine".
"Today, when The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 350-400 votes adopts the important bills, it is difficult to realize the necessity of pre-termed stop of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine office" Mykola Tomenko is convinced.
He supposes the Parliament that work today rather effectively may work effectively at least to the President´s election campaign without the formation of the coalition.