22 June 2012, 14:12
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn stresses the impossibility to abolish deputy immunity in autumn this year due to the current legislation.
"I am perturbed, set laughing and disappointed by the vanity and assurance having absolutely no constitutional grounds, stating that we will finally vote on lifting the parliamentary immunity in September," said V.Lytvyn during his interview to the TV channel "Rada" on Friday.
According to the Chairman of the Parliament, such statements are either "deliberately deceiving people" or testifying to the fact that the initiators of this issue "have absolutely no idea about the constitutional demands". He reminded that, according to the Constitution, no amendments to the Basic Law cannot be made during the last session which is left by the end of the cadence of this Parliament.
At the same time, V.Lytvyn said that "this problem needs to be settled", for example, by suggesting all the candidates for deputies publically sign the statement that they commit themselves to take the appropriate decision.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada noted that the two bills regarding abolishing deputy immunity will "meet" in the Constitutional Court. He reminded that if the Constitutional Court declares any provision of the bill to amend the Basic Law as non-constitutional, it cannot be re-submitted into the text of any other constitutional bill.
"There will be the process but there won?t be any decision," he summed up.