The Constitutional Court has issued a positive conclusion on a draft law on amending the constitution under which the next parliamentary election is to be held in October 2012 and the presidential election in March 2015
Chairman of the Constitutional Court Anatoliy Holovin announced the ruling of the correspondence of this draft law to Articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution.
The draft law envisages that the president of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, the Supreme Council of Crimea, deputies of local councils of all levels, and village, town, city heads are elected for five years.
The bill also proposes holding regular presidential elections on the last Sunday of March of the fifth year of the president’s term, the parliamentary elections on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of the parliament’s term, and the local elections on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of the terms of deputies of local councils of all levels and village, town, city heads.
According to transitional provisions, after the Constitutional Court re-affirmed the constitution of 1996, the next elections to the Verkhovna Rada are to be held on the last Sunday of October of 2012, and the next elections of the president on the last Sunday of March of 2015.
As reported, the Constitutional Court on October 1 declared unconstitutional law No. 2222-IV of December 8, 2004 amending the Constitution of Ukraine (the political reform of 2004).
According to the constitution of 1996, the parliament is elected for four years, not five years as was determined by the political reform of 2004.
