Thursday
30 april 2009
18:52
Snap parliamentary elections are off the agenda in 2009, Volodymyr Polokhalo claims
For all its shortcomings and ambiguity, the ruling of the Constitutional Court does not provide any legal grounds for Pres Yushchenko to disband Verkhovna Rada, something the incumbent has been eager to do for over a year, political expert and BYUT lawmaker Volodymyr Polokhalo told ZIK in a commentary Apr. 30.“All attempts by the president’s office were destructive and aimed at balkanizing Verkhovna Rada. In the context of the CC ruling, I may say that [asking the CC to rule on the issue] was not a mistake, it was even more than a mistake,” Polokhalo stressed.
Comment by ZIK
Apr. 30, the CC came up with a long-expected ruling on Pres Yushchenko’s earlier request to confirm the legality of the present cabinet following the reformatting of the coalition in 2008. The incumbent claimed that the new cabinet was illegal as the past one had not resigned after the coalition was reshaped and Yushchenko had not been asked to confirm the new premier.
Addressing a press conference today, CC Chief Justice Andry Stryzhak said that forming a new cabinet and appointing a new premier is exclusively the authority of the coalition in VR.
As, under the Constitution, no resignation of the outgoing cabinet is mandatory before the formation of a new one, the CC accordingly based its decision on the law of the land, he said.
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Yuschenko's term of office has been a complete failure, with the President continuing to demonstrate why Ukraine should abandon the Soviet/US style presidential system and adopt a full Parliamentary democracy base on European standards of governance.
His latest attempt to cling onh to power and force Ukraine to hold Presidential election in the midst of Ukraine's bitter cold winter is further example of Yuschenko not acting in the best interest of the state or the people of Ukraine. Instead of challenging the Parliament's October poll date on a question of legality, Yuschenko should offer his resignation so as to facilitate an Autumn election and Ukraine's right to appoint a new head of state. Someone who they can trust and who can unite Ukraine as opposed to divide it.