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BYT not to vote for prolonging term of parliament, president

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Jan. 31, 2011, 5:19 p.m. | Politics — by Interfax-Ukraine

The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction will not take part in the vote to change the term of the president and the parliament.

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The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction will not take part in the vote to amend the Constitution of Ukraine so as to change the term of the president and the parliament. "My position is that the amendments to the constitution should be done in line with the procedure envisaged by the constitution [itself]," Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Mykola Tomenko of the BYT said at a press conference on Monday.

"I don't know what the intention of the majority is, but as far as I know, the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense [faction] doesn't intend to add to the number of people who voted [for the amendments to the constitution] at first reading. Meanwhile, the BYT doesn't intend to vote for the amendments to the constitution at all," he added.

"I still think that they have 300 votes, but no more than 320 votes," Tomenko said.

At least 300 votes are needed to pass amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine.
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Anonymous Jan. 31, 2011, 5:38 p.m.    

Why have a constitution if it is changed at the whim of a president? Either the government lives by the constitution or just do away with it. If you do away with it, you don't need a government, just a dictator.

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Anonymous Feb. 1, 2011, 1:13 a.m.    

Yes.. the presidential system is flawed and widely open to abuse and misuse. As we saw during the reign of Yushchenko and Kuchma.

But it is false to say that Ukraine's constitution can be changed or amended by the whim of tech president. the president does not hold such authority. More often then not we witness the ongoing misuse and abuse of the presidential authority which is unconstitutional. we say such abuse and mission 2007 When Yushchenko acted unconstitutionally in dismissing Ukraine's previous parliament. The courts and people of Ukraine failed to hold Yushhenko to account for his actions. In Acting unconditionally in 2007 Yushchenko had set the scene for the events that are now unfolding.

The European community in particular should have spoken out and defended Ukraine's constitutional rights by opposing Yushenkos' actions. That failed to do so and in the process they also failed Ukraine.

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Anonymous Feb. 1, 2011, 1:21 a.m.    

Van Der Craats ejaculates again.........LOL

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Anonymous Jan. 31, 2011, 6:07 p.m.    

X.x.

Ukrainians will take to the streets for taxation but not their constitution?

Please someone explain this one, including their mindset.

Democracy takes vigilance.

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Anonymous Jan. 31, 2011, 11:15 p.m.    

This is not a democracy, never has been and never will be. And look up USA. It is not a democracy either. Do a little research and tell me what form of government USA actually has.

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Anonymous Feb. 1, 2011, 1:07 a.m.    

A parliamentary system is the only true democratic form of government. If Ukraine wants to be a part of Europe then it needs to look to Europe for its models of governance not the USA or Russia. 25 out of 27 EU member states are governed by a Parliamentary system. Ukraine needs to follow in the footsteps of Estonia and Latvia both of which adopted a parliamentary system as opposed to a presidential system.

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Anonymous Feb. 1, 2011, 5:15 a.m.    

News flash! The USA is a republic.

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Anonymous Feb. 1, 2011, 1:02 a.m.    

It does not Matter if there are 310 or 320 people voting in support of the proposed amendments. To amend Ukraine's constitution the support of 300 delegates is all that is required . The only way in which the parliament can secure the support of 300 or more is if members of BuT and Our Ukraine support the proposed amendments.

Rather then seek to boycott the amendments BuT would be better off opposing them.

They should be advocating that the Parliament reinstate the amendments agreed to in 2004.5 and then pursue further constitutional review and reform to bring about a full parliamentary model of governance and remove authority and power form the office of the president.

The principle is clear. Presidential autocracy or parliamentary democracy. But and other Parties must decide where they stand upon this most crucial policy director

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