10 January 2013, 10:25
The question of re-elections in the so-called “problematic” constituencies should be settled as soon as possible.
The First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada said this.
“Despite the fact that the Parliament is legally competent even with 300 people’s deputies we think that it should function in full strength. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow the question will be settled, as there is the procedure of consideration by the Constitutional Court. It is the Constitutional Court that has to determine who should take decisions on appointment of re-elections – the Central Election Committee or the Verkhovna Rada. And after that it would be possible to predict the date of the re-elections. I believe that the sooner we know it the better,” said the First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament.
I. Kalyetnik predicted that this issue would be settled during the second session of the Verkhovna Rada of the VII convocation and added that the Communist Party of Ukraine would definitely participate in the re-elections.
“We have analyzed the election campaign 2012 and see that we are supported in many regions. We have worthy candidates who can win these elections,” stressed Ihor Kalyetnik.
He said also that in case some people’s deputies are appointed to the posts in the Cabinet of Ministers, re-elections should be held in at least one more majority constituency.
“We are talking not only about these five constituencies – Obukhiv, Pervomaysk, Cherkasy and Cherkasy region. We will be talking also about 224 single-seat electoral districts in Sevastopol. The elections took place there, but due to the fact that the elected people’s deputy goes to work in the Cabinet of Ministers and should abdicate, new elections should be called. And we will participate in them because the level of CPU support in Sevastopol is very high and we have all chances to win there,” claimed Ihor Kalyetnik.