12 May 2010, 17:10
Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine expressed for the Necessity of the Elections Conduction to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine according to the Open Party List System and returning to the Majority System during the Elections to the Local Self-Government Bodies.
For the introduction of the relevant amendments to the legislation, V. Lytvyn expressed on Wednesday opening the parliamentary hearings: "Reformation of the Ukrainian legislation on Local Elections in the Interests of the Territorial Communities."
"To reach the civilized structuralization the political and party sphere, we need returning to the majority system concerning the regional rate in particular, and regarding the Verkhovna Rada the open list system is supposed to be implemented taking into the consideration the reality and reaching a compromise", V. Lytvyn stated.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine also emphasized that the existing systems of the local elections first of all is a cause of all the present problems and firs of all it should be stressed that such a system does not take into the consideration the interests of the territorial communities. Thus, according to him the development of Ukraine and its future depends on the solution of the existing problems of the local self-government.
"There are people specialized on the formation of the political parties. It is a business for them and before the elections the sell the parties", the Chairman mentioned. "There are a lot of politicians, born actually with a silver spoon in their mouth. They paid parties and now suggest pre-termed elections. It is caused by the fact their sponsors demands this. It is even useless to speck on the price of the places in these lists, they are enormous.""
Among ht obvious drawbacks of the existing election system V. Lytvyn also named the mechanisms of proposing as a candidate for the local elections according to the proportional election system. Thus such a a mechanism, according to the Leader of the Parliament does not harmonize with the Constitution of Ukraine as restricts the protected by the clause 38 of the Constitution of Ukraine the right of the citizen to be elected to the local self-government body as its implementation depends upon the decisions of the local organizations, parties and blocks.
V. Lytvyn also named the issue for the disputes on harmonization of the principles of the Constitution of Ukraine with the norms of the Law of Ukraine "On Election of the Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Autonomous Republic of the Crimea, Local Councils and Village Town and City Mayors", that define the order of the formation of the regional councils that, according to him, restricts the interests of the territorial communities on the rate of village and township.
Under the conditions of the multiparty system, according to the Head of the Parliament, there is only one way of implementation of the preferential voting, that is reduction of the electoral district and quantity of mandates that are to undergo division and quantity of candidates.
V. Lytvyn also suggest taking into the consideration only European experience the course of the reformation of the election system that comprises five general principles in the sphere of elections that are supposed to be common, equal, free, direct and implemented trough the secret ballot."