17 December 2012, 16:26
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Koshulynskti stated that one of the main tasks of oppositional factions is to form such a landscape in the Parliament, where they would be able to control personal voting in the hall to the maximum extent. The politician said this analyzing the first days of work of the new Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
“We understand perfectly well that it’s difficult to break a habit,” said R. Koshulynskyi. “But we are stating clearly that the situation when 20 people’s deputies vote and take decisions will not be repeated. Our employer (the Ukrainian voter) said it clearly: we do not want this any more; everyone has to vote for him- or herself,” he added.
The politician drew attention to the lack of political tradition in the Ukrainian Parliament. “At the moment, the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada have no clear formulation of the minority’s rights. It is not stated anywhere that the opposition has to have its representative in the presidium or head the controlling committees,” he noted. “That is, there is no law on opposition; but we need to regulate all this somehow, create this tradition,” summarized R. Koshulynskyi.
The politician said also that the oppositional factions had prepared a number of systemic bills, and “we would try to adopt them at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.”
According to him, the bills pertain to a number of economic processes. In particular, these are the bills on ban of private monopolies, oligopolies, on return of funds from offshore zones; a couple of bills that would make the life of small and medium business easier, etc. In addition, the politician claimed that the opposition will demand reconsideration of a number of the adopted laws. “There is a number of laws and resolutions, starting from cancellation of voting for the state budget, which were adopted with violation of the legislation,” he said.
Summing up, the Deputy Chairman stressed that the opposition in general and the All-Ukrainian Union “Svoboda” in particular will keep doing everything possible to prevent violations in the session hall. “All people’s deputies without exception should administer their powers in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, current legislation and the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,” stressed R. Koshulynskyi.