Strasbourg, Oct. 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities and the opposition will participate in a session of the Venice Commission during which a decision is to be taken on a bill on the election of people's deputies of Ukraine, Secretary of the Venice Commission Thomas Markert said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine in Strasbourg.
In particular, Ukrainian Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych and opposition politician Hryhoriy Nemyria have been invited to the session, which has been scheduled for Oct. 14.
The Venice Commission advised Ukraine against returning to the mixed electoral system.
Markert again stated that in the situation in which the opposition insists on retaining the current election law, while the proposed bill suggests a new [election system] a proportional system could be a solution.
A system "with regional open lists, instead if a general list, in which voters will be able to decide who they want to see in parliament."
According to the secretary, after taking a decision on the document, the Venice Commission will send its conclusions to the Ukrainian side.
After that the commission "will watch the situation."
"We will watch whether the law is put in line with our recommendations, especially at the upcoming elections," Markert said.
The Venice Commission secretary said that Ukraine should have stable election legislation and it should not be changed before every election.
"I think it is not very good when the election system is changed before every election, it would be good to use a specific, stable system," he said.
