25 September 2010, 16:58
Volodymyr Lytvyn: It is Impossible to amend the Law on the Local Elections before their Organization
Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, objects to the introduction of amendments to the Law on Local Elections. He made this statement during the working visit to Odesa region on Saturday.
He stated that the next plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine would be held in the beginning of October, thus "even if someone has an intention to introduce the amendments to this Law, it will be impossible to carry this out, not violating the procedures and terms."
The Head of the Parliament declared that the Law on Local Elections "leaves much to be desired." "We have adopted it judging of the available possibilities, visions and distribution of political forces. Election legislation has never been adopted to meet the interests of all the political powers", he emphasised.
However, V. Lytvyn is convinced that "it is better to have bad game rules that are followed, than constant changes in these rules during the game." "I believe that these issues aggravating political struggle in Ukraine in the pre-election period should not be dealt with", he stated.
V. Lytvyn also announced that on Monday he would sign an appeal to the international parliamentary organizations with the proposal to assign the election observers to Ukraine. "It was a proposal of the President of Ukraine. Today I received a relevant letter from the Ministry on Foreign Affairs with the request to forward this appeal", he declared.