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Lytvyn: No grounds to declare state of emergency in Ukraine
November 07 at 15:36"I currently see no grounds for the endorsement of such a decision," he said during his visit to Uman, Cherkasy region, on Saturday.
"Today I will venture to affirm that they want to see the reaction of the public to the idea of declaring a state of emergency and postponing [presidential] elections," Lytvyn said.
"Even if the situation is brought out of control, any imposition of the state of emergency will produce no results and this will only worsen the situation," he said.
The speaker also said that the absence of any dialogue between the president, the parliament and the government gives no chance to find a consolidated position in the current situation.
Lytvyn also said that a presidential decree declaring a state of emergency in Ukraine should be confirmed by a respective parliamentary law, however, in his opinion, the Regions Party and the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko would not take such a decision that would mean the "postponement of the election date."
The Constitution of Ukraine foresees that the head of state can issue a decree declaring a state of emergency in the country or its certain regions, however, this decree should be obligatorily approved by parliament within two days.