His Excellency
President of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe
Mr. Luis Maria de Puig
Strasbourg
Your Excellency,
We are forced to address to You by the extraordinary situation that has occurred in Ukraine as the result of changes, took place in the election law of Ukraine at the level of central and local elections both (here we mean the election of deputies of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and deputies of the local councils of different types). Proportional electoral system introduced in Ukraine, has resulted ruining of the parliamentarism that could get irreversible features at the state with the parliamentary-presidential form of government. The Parliamentary Assembly of The Council of Europe warned about this danger in proper time during the discussion of the situation in Ukraine taking urgent procedure at the second part of the sequential session of PACE, conducted on April 16-20, 2007 in Strasburg.
We absolutely agree with the text of The PACE Resolution “Functioning of The Democratic Institutions in Ukraine” ¹1549 (2007) and support appeals and recommendations of PACE concerning making changes into the election law of Ukraine by the open electoral lists introducing not in one all-state district, but in each defined regional districts.
We are concerned that today nor The President of Ukraine, neither The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine doesn’t initiate the statements of the mentioned Resolution execution. We regard, The President of Ukraine, The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine don’t have the political will to provide by themselves changes of the Ukrainian law and to result it in conformity to the requirements of The PACE Resolution ¹1549 (2007).
We appeal to You with kindly request to consider at the sequential session of PACE in January, 2009 taking urgent procedure the question of Ukraine’s realizing of The PACE Resolution ¹1549 (2007) statements.
We also regard reasonable, that mentioned problem remain constantly in the field of view of The PACE Monitoring Committee. We think it is quite important for The Committee to become more effective and active controlling Ukraine’s realization of The Parliamentary Assembly of The Council of Europe recommendations.
On behalf of the participants of the round-table “Carriage of local self-government reform and reform of election legislation in Ukraine in accordance with requirements of European integration” (January 15, 2009, Lviv city):
Volodymyr Kvurt, secretary of Lviv city council
Ihor Chopko, mayor of Mostyska
Petro Savchuk, mayor of Sokal’
Volodymyr Kardash, mayor of Pustomyty
Vasyl’ Vovk, mayor of Bus’k
Volodymyr Tuz, mayor of Novyy Rozdol
Ivan Kalysh, mayor of Belz
Vasyl’ Kutenskiy, mayor of Radehiv
Volodymyr Zubar, mayor of Zolochiv
Mykhaylo Tymnyak, mayor of Glynyany
Teodor Gudzyak, mayor of Vynnyky
Bohdan Yuzvyak, mayor of Nova Kalynivka
Bohdan Batch, mayor of Novoyavoriv
Nataliya Domashovets, mayor of Velyki Mosty
Alla Soprun, mayor of Rava-Rus’ka
Bohdan Guk, mayor of Mykolaiv
Yuriy Kasyukhnych, vice-mayor of Turka
Viktor Marchenko, vice-mayor of Truskavets
Yuriy Romaniv, vice-mayor of Skole
Nadiya Bulka, secretary of Brody city council
Mykhaylo Vojevoda, secretary of Morshyn city council
Nataliya Kalynets, secretary of Hodoriv city council
Andriy Mysyk, deputy of Lviv city council
Ihor Bochan, rector of Lviv institute of economics and tourism
Yaroslav Zhukrovskiy, head of Lviv law organization
Mykola Hudzey, director of NGO “Association of regional development”
Yuriy Muravetskiy, head of NGO “European Lviv”
Nazar Drana, head of NGO “Student for Student”
On behalf of the participants of the round-table “Carriage of local self-government reform and reform of election legislation in Ukraine in accordance with requirements of European integration” (January 23, 2009, Vinnitsya city):
Anatoliy Bilyk, mayor of Pogrebysche
Valeriy Vesnyanyy, mayor of Tul’chin
Mykhaylo Vysotskiy, mayor of Koziatyn
Viktor Kachur, mayor of Nemyriv
Oleksandr Kozak, mayor of Bar
Valeriy Kolomeytsev, mayor of Ladyzhyn
Lidiya Petrovska, mayor of Yampil’
Mikhaylo Savoluk, mayor of Mogyliv-Podilskiy
Seghiy Yaremenko, mayor of Illintsi
Mykola Kolchenko, mayor of Bershad
Volodymyr Babiy, vise-mayor of Gaysyn
Tymophiy Zhmurko, mayor of Shargorod
Ivan Shevchuk, mayor of Gnivan’
Oleksandr Prytula, mayor of Lypovets’
Pavlo Lysak, head of Voroshyliv country council
Yuriy Shevchuk, head of Voronovytsya country council
Vasyl’ Yakovenko, head of Stryzhava country council
Viktor Bidyuk, head of Kryzhopil country council
Viktor Darmogray, vice-head of Turbiv country council
Serhiy Tatusiak, head of NGO “Ukraine-Poland-Cermany”
On behalf of the participants of the round-table “Carriage of local self-government reform and reform of election legislation in Ukraine in accordance with requirements of European integration” (February, 3, 2009, Sumy city):
Oleg Medunytsya, Vice-Head of Sumy Regional State Administration
Yuriy Goncharov, Adviser of head of Sumy Regional Council
Ivan Boychenko, Sumy Regional State Administration
Oleksandr Frolov, Mayor of Krolevets
Anatoliy Vorona, Mayor of Buryn’
Volodymyr Kostyuchenko, Mayor of Bilopillya
Yuliya Kovalenko, Vice-Mayor of Okhtyrka
Vasyl’ Kascha, Vice-Mayor of Lebedyn
Leonid Naboychenko, Secretary of Romny city council
Serhiy Maksymenko, Head of Nedrygayliv country council
Ihor Borysovskiy, Head of Ternivka country council
Anatoliy Chubun, Head of Yampil country council
Serhiy Nyscheta, Head of Lypova Dolyna country council
Nina Melnyk, Head of Khotin country council
Volodymyr Vaschenko, Head of Velyka Chernechanka country council
Nina Svitaylo, Vice-Rector of Sumy State University
Oleh Tulyakov, Director of Sumy Institute of Interregional Academy of Personnel Management
Volodymyr Dementov, Vice-Director of Sumy Institute of Interregional Academy of Personnel Management
On behalf of the participants of the round-table “Carriage of local self-government reform and reform of election legislation in Ukraine in accordance with requirements of European integration” (February, 6, 2009, Ternopil city):
Petro Yasniy, Rector of the Ternopil State Technological University named after Ivan Puliy
Ivanna Bakushevych, Professor of Management Department of the Ternopil State Technological University named after Ivan Puliy
Ivan Bashnyak, Mayor of Borshiv
Volodymyr Geda, Mayor of Monastyrske
Volodymyr Pletyuk, Mayor of Shumsk
Oliynyk Ganna, Mayor of Horostkiv
Stepan Tokarskiy, Mayor of Berezhany
Volodymyr Benevyat, Mayor of Zalischyky
Yosyp Mostsipan, Secretary of Buchach city council
Yaroslav Kozak, Secretary of Terebovlya city council
Mariya Kalynka, Head of Velyka Berezovytsya city council
Volodymyr Yakymiv, Head of the Community Board of the Berezhany district state administration
Oleh Makogin, Head of NGO “Maidan”
Mykhaylo Ratushnyak, Head of the “ANT” organization
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Oleh Soskin,
Institute of Society Transformation Director,
Organizer of the round-table |
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