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Constitutional Change a vexing question

Ukraine has to a degree restored  political stability following the defeat and ousting of Victor Yushchenko. With this change has also come a change in political direction. In 2008/9 Ukraine was in debate and discussion as to how Ukraine would be best served by implementing Constitutional reform. There was at the time concern about the then pending Presidential election. One proposal was to remove power from the President and let Ukraine's head of state by a constitutional Two-thirds majority parliamentary vote as is the case in Estonia, Latvia and Moldavia. The discussions and proposals were derailed primarily by the President Viktor Yushchenko who's on standing in Ukraine had collapsed from a high of 52% in 2004 to less then 5% (below below 2%). Ukraine as a result retained the presidential system and spent over 200 million dollars in conducting a Presidential election which was held in January/February this year. Soon after taking Office Ukraine's newly electe