27 August 2010, 14:45
Mykola Tomenko: Ukraine faces the Election Paradox: the Candidates to receive Public Support will not be in Power
"Under the current conditions, the mixed electoral system employed at the local elections will result in the election paradox," Mykola Tomenko, Deputy Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stated in the interview to ICTV channel.
Mykola Tomenko expects that the opposition parties will have the highest rating in the Western Ukraine and several regions of the Central Ukraine. However, the deputies to support the local executive authorities, the President, the Government and the Party of Regions will win in the majoritarian district due to the full employment of administrative resources and funds. "Thus, while the local communities will support the action plans of the former parties, the majority will be formed on the grounds of programs suggested by the latter ones," he stated.
According to M.Tomenko, a special attention to the majoritarian districts may cause "a shortage of not only buckwheat, but also sugar and other tradable foodstuffs." The Deputy Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine cited an instance of Poltava city, where one of the candidates running for mayor has been recently presenting at least 100 000 food packages once a week. "Thus, the large-scale goods are being bought up in the producers with a clear aim. So when the government blames the speculators for this, it is not true. It is the political speculators who have always cooperated with the authorities that should be blamed," M.Tomenko stressed.