In ENGLISH | РУС/УКР
Sign in | Register
Mobile version | Subscription | RSS Archive
KyivPost

Central Election Commission registers Hromada party ticket without Lazarenko

Print version
Aug. 15, 2012, 1:52 p.m. | Politics — by Interfax-Ukraine

The Central Election Commission has registered the party ticket of the Hromada Party, but refused to register former Ukrainian Premier Pavlo Lazarenko as a parliamentary candidate.
© www.politics.comments.ua

SEE ALSO

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered the party ticket of the Hromada Party, but refused to register former Ukrainian Premier Pavlo Lazarenko as a parliamentary candidate.

At a sitting on Friday the CEC registered the party ticket including 42 candidates, in particular the ex-premier's brother Ivan Lazarenko.

The CEC also registered four candidates for majority constituencies from the Hromada Party.

As reported, on August 5 the congress of the Hromada Party approved the list of its candidates for people's deputies. Pavlo Lazarenko and his brother Ivan, a deputy of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, headed the list.

As reported, Lazarenko was convicted in the United States of embezzling funds illegally received and transferring them to foreign accounts in 1994-1999. A Californian court sentenced Lazarenko to nine years in prison in August 2006. He remained in his apartment in San Francisco under house arrest pending the consideration of the appeal against his conviction.

Lazarenko was Ukraine's prime minister from June 1996 to June 1997.

READ MORE IN SECTION
The Kyiv Post is hosting comments to foster lively debate. Criticism is fine, but stick to the issues. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks will be removed from the site. If you think that a posted comment violates these standards, please flag it and alert us. We will take steps to block violators.
Ukrtoday Ukraine Aug. 15, 2012, 4:27 p.m.    

The single member constituencies are not majority constituencies. the irst-past-the-post votings system is the highest vote wins all. A candidate does not have to secure a majority of votes. They can be elected with as few as 30% support. The FPTP opting system is outdated and undemocratic.

Itis unlikely that the opposition paries will win a majority do seats in the new parliament (226) even if they do it will be a slender victory and short lived
parliament. Uner the rules the zpresidet holds all the trump cards and power. It is the president not e larliamnetthat forms government.

If the ongoing power struggle and divisions continues than the president will dismiss the parliament within one year.

Ukraine will NEVER be a free independent moderation state whilst Ukraine remains beholden to presidential rule. the opposition have failed to unite and address this fundamental issue. The need for Ukraine to become a full Parliamentray democray is the key to Ukraine's future and it's integration into Europe.

{# <-- parent id goes here
Advertising link

KyivPost

© 1995–2012 Public Media

Web links to Kyiv Post material are allowed provided that they contain a URL hyperlink to the www.kyivpost.com material and a maximum 500-character extract of the story. Otherwise, all materials contained on this site are protected by copyright law and may not be reproduced without the prior written permission of Public Media at news@kyivpost.com
All information of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency placed on this web site is designed for internal use only. Its reproduction or distribution in any form is prohibited without a written permission of Interfax-Ukraine.