Ukraine Today - An Independent Political Review

The Central Election Commission has formally registered four candidates,  with an additional three submitting documents on Friday.  The Commission is required to process any application within three days of documents being submitted. Inna Bohoslovska , pending Anatoliy Hrytsenko , approved Volodymyr Lytvyn , pending Oleh Ryabokon , approved Petro Symonenko , pending Serhiy Tihipko , approved Arseniy Yatsenyuk , approved       * in alphabetical order source Wikipedia The big three contenders Viktor Yanukovych, Yulia Tymoschenko and incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko are yet to submit their request for registration. Each candidate is required to pay an election deposit of 2.5 million hryvina (approximately US$300.00) Only the two highest polling candidates who progress to the second round of voting re entitled to a refund of the deposit. Candidates are also required to furnish a financial disclosure statement within 3 days of nominat...

Ukraine's Central Election Commission (CEC) has published the time table for the Presidential election October 19: Official 90 day Election Campaign  period commences October 20 to November 6 : Nominations open November 9 : Deadline for nomination documents/submissions      CEC has five days to assess and approve or reject nominations November 11 : Deadline for candidates to submit any corrections to documentation November 13 : CEC to finalise registration of nominations November 15 : CEC to publish nomination lists of candidates      CEC provides certified copies of the voters list to all candidates.      Within Three days of registration Candidates must provide a statement of assets and income      Candidates allowed to commence official campaign one day after registration is finalised. December 15 : CEC to approve ballot paper format ready for printing. January 2 : Last day for ...

It never ceases to maze just how limited thinking and bias the western media are when it comes to reporting on Ukraine. Ukraine's Central Elections Committee (CEC) came under unjustified attack when the CEC was faced with the inevitable task of having to reject the nominations of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko. It turns out that Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko had not filled in correctly their nominations forms which required that candidates included on the registered party/bloc lists to included their registered addresses. every other political party managed to comply with the rules and requirements, that is all except Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc. The CEC rejected the nominations and requested Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko resubmit the required documents. Party Lists have until September 2 to be registered. Yulia never to let a chance go by claimed that the CEC was seeking to deny her the opportunity to nominate for the elections. Rather then just correct the mistakes and fill in the forms properly Yulia ...

There is no doubt that legally speaking Ukrainian speaker Alexander Moroz is correct and his ongoing concerns and criticism about the illegal and unconstitutional actions of Ukraine's president are valid. Viktor Yushchenko has acted unconstitutionally and not in the interest of democracy, as he and his party falsely claim, but in the interest of his own political party and political future. His attack on Ukraine's judiciary and the illegal dismissal of Ukraine's democratic parliament warrant harsh criticisms and legal review. There is no justification for fresh parliamentary elections. It is doubtful that the outcome of election will change or resolve the current political crisis which is of the president's making following divisions in the opposition. The public polls indicate that the main governing party "Party of Regions" may even secure a majority of the parliament in their own right. Ukraine's economy is growing and reports today indicate that infla...

With less then two-thirds of the members elected to Ukraine's parliament, under the provisions of Article 82 of Ukraine's Constitution the parliament ceases to maintain competence and as such can not make any decisions, but can not yet be "legally" dissolved. According to Article 90 section 2 the president can not terminate the parliament until 30 days have passed following the failure of the parliament to commence its next regular session (Scheduled for September 4, 2007). In theory it is possible that Ukraine's Central Election Committee can appoint person(s) who are registered willing and next in line on electoral lists that were registered at the time of the 2006 Parliamentary elections. Reports in the media have indicated that a number of candidates registered by the opposition are willing to fill any casual vacancies. So now the legal disputation has shifted from the president to the electoral committee with arguments from both sides as to the legal standin...