Ukraine Today - An Independent Political Review

Yulia Tymoshenko has joined what has become a chorus of voices calling for spill of all positions and the holding of fresh Parliamentary and Presidential elections in the wake of the Constitutional Court's October 1 ruling.  She joins the Rukh Party and the Socialist party of Ukraine in calling for a renewal  both  tiers of government. The Constitutional Courts ruling has left many questions unanswered, the most important being how do you reconcile the mandate given to the Parliament an the President  given that both bodies of power were elected under a different system of government and a different Constitutional authority.  Ukrainian's voted them into office on the understanding that the divisions of power were different than what they are today. This leaves Ukraine with only two valid options . 1. Reinstate the 2004 amendments nn pursue reform though proper process o consultation an reviie or 2. Declare a spill in the Office of the president and mem...

The People's Movement of Ukraine party has called for holding new parliamentary and presidential elections simultaneously in March 2007.   Interfax-Ukraine  Source: Kyiv Post The People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) in the wake of the Constitutional Court ruling on political reform, has called for snap parliamentary and presidential elections, as well as the mobilization of the Ukrainian people. "The only way out of this situation is to 'reboot' the authorities, and this means holding snap parliamentary and presidential elections. The voters who went to elections in 2007 and 2010 gave a mandate for an entirely different set of powers to the representatives of the authorities," reads a statement by Rukh that was posted on the Web site of the party. In addition, the party said that all members of the Constitutional Court who voted for this "contract ruling" should be dismissed. The ...

CC ruling provokes snap parliamentary and presidential elections CC ruling repealing 2004 constitutional amendments should be followed by snap parliamentary and presidential elections, honorary leader of the Socialist party Olexandr Moroz says, his press service reported Oct. 3. Source: ZIK The big question now is which way Ukraine will take, Moroz said. “This depends on how democratic our new president is and on VR lawmakers who will have to find the way out of the resulting legal stalemate, Moroz continued. If the CC ruling is considered legal, there is need to hold snap parliamentary and presidential elections. However, the constitution does not envisage such procedure, and therefore, there will be manipulation of constitutional provisions, Moroz went on. Viktor Yanukovych was elected to office under the 2004 Constitution which detailed his authority. Verkhovna Rada was also elected in 2007 for 5 years and is supposed to have the authority ...

Ukraine, following the recent ruling of Ukraine's Constitutional Court which struck down the 2004 amendments to Ukraine's Constitution, is now facing a major Constitutional Crisis with the country in a state of limbo and uncertainty.  Ukraine's Constitution and laws are not worth the paper they are printed on. Rule of Law no longer exists. Public confidence in the democratic process completely destroyed.  Yet Ukraine will survive.  It is a country that has learnt to exist without government or democratic rule of law, It is business as usual. Its political leaders having failed to restore civility and rational governance. I'ts loss of confidence stated soon after the election of Victor Yushchenko and the failure of Yushchenko to support the formation of a governing coalition follwoing the 2006 Parliamentary election.  having lost sup;port and power yushchenko systematically undermined Ukraine's Parliamentary government destabilising the system of governance and wit...