08 October 2012, 11:21
The key problem of Ukrainian politicum is the absence of trust between the participants of electoral race.
This was stressed by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn during the meeting with the Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Dame Audrey Glover. “Until there is the necessary level of trust between the parties, there will always be discussions regarding violations,” he said.
V.Lytvyn has analyzed domestic electoral law and the course of the electoral campaign at the request of Mission’s representatives.
Speaking about the electoral law, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada noted that it is not perfect, since there will be “two sorts” of peoples deputies in the Parliament. Those, elected by majority districts will actively work with voters, and those elected by party lists will exclusively look up to party leaders. V.Lytvyn believes that such a situation will not promote structuring of society. The Head of the Parliament noted also that 5% electoral threshold is too high, saying that it may promote unifying and enlargement of political parties.
V.Lytvyn said that there is a necessity to more clearly regulate the issue of electoral funds in the part of strengthening control over its formation.
Summing up, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada stressed that despite some deficiencies, the electoral law is a result of a compromise and “a step towards democracy”. He reminded that this document was adopted one year before the start of the electoral campaign.
V.Lytvyn believes that the main task today is to ensure free will of people “so that the election process was held in a civilized way” and also to ensure unbiased counting of votes.