№1, 2011 Volodymyr Shapoval: “By Legal Facilities and the “Refined” Method the Situation is Impossible to be Settled”To declare or not the beginning of process of parliamentary elections is a dilemma which appeared before the Central Election Commission in connection with the “reanimation” of the Constitution of Ukraine dated 1996, according to which the cadence of the composition of the parliament makes four years. However, positive verdict of the Constitutional Court in relation to the bill on amending the Basic Law in part of five-year term of appointments of deputies and the president and accordingly previous support by the parliament of such change for many members of the CEC withdrew from the agenda the question about the beginning of the electoral campaign already on November, 22 2010. Only to four members of the CEC(from those who were present at the corresponding meeting) the situation did not seem to be well-defined as the parliament has once again to vote for the bill on amending at the next session, and it will be not sooner than February, 2011. Will there be then 300 voices to confirm the previous decision of the parliament? And what if not? In particular, this issue induced four of the CEC members to defend the position in relation to the decision-making, by which the start would have been given to the electoral process for the election of national deputies of Ukraine in March, 2011. Decision was not made.
– Yes, I would have been the fifth. However, if frankly speaking, my actions would have had to some extent conditional character. I will explain. Firstly, in the situation created there is no irreproachable legal answer to the question - to declare or not the beginning of parliamentary electoral campaign exactly on |