03 September 2010, 14:02
The Resolution of the Constitutional Court concerning the Political Reform should be balanced, V.Lytvyn
"If the judges of the Constitutional Court scrutinize the ‘case of the political reform´ on the grounds of Chapter 13 of the Fundamental Law, they may conclude that the procedure of amending the Constitution was violated," Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stated in the interview to "Kyivskyi Telehraf" periodical. He was asked whether the Constitutional Court would study legitimacy of amendments to the Constitution in 2004.
V.Lytvyn laid emphasis on the word ‘procedure´: "The conditions under which the law under reg.no. 2222 was adopted are well-known. It was necessary to find a way out of the dead end. The draft was being hastily adjusted. Before introducing new amendments, another appeal should have been forwarded to the Constitutional Court to get a conclusion whether these amendments conform to the Constitution," the Head of the Ukrainian Parliament stated.
"If the Constitutional Court actually cancels the applicable version of the Fundamental Law, it will assume full responsibility for the present-day situation in the country," V.Lytvyn stressed. He believes that the court will not neglect the appeal submitted by more than 250 deputies. However, he reminded that three resolutions had been adopted in one package: a political reform, a local self-government reform and the new rules of the third round of presidential elections. If the constitutional reform is declared illegitimate, then the legitimacy of the third round will be questioned", the Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada summed up.