Opposing political force in the Parliament demanded Poroshenko not to sign the law on local elections

The party " Opposition bloc demanded that the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko not to sign the Law on local elections and send it to the Venice Commission for examination, reported the statement of the party.
"The law on local elections, adopted on Tuesday by a coalition war, violates the Minsk agreement, does not take into account the wishes of the settlers, ignores the conclusions of the Venice Commission also violates the regulations of the Verkhovna Rada. The opposition bloc did not vote for this Law, which leads Ukraine not to peace, But to continue the war, ? it is reported in the appeal of the Opposition bloc on the official Internet representation.
in the message it is reported that the new Law is far from the expectations of society on local elections, which are conducted in a transparent, open lists. It is intended only to supply power to the max good results in local elections in October 2015." The coalition handed the draft law hidden in her majoritarian component. As a rule on the conduct of elections of mayors in round 2 ? this is, really, an attempt to put under surveillance Kiev of Directors of all the major cities of Ukraine ", ? reported in circulation. Also indicates that the Law violates paragraph 12 of the Minsk agreements, according to which questions on the holding of local elections in Donbass were obliged to agree to the contact group on settling the situation in Donbas." But the war Coalition did not consider it necessary to do so, although the story is only about the important point of the Minsk agreements. At run local elections in Ukraine, And among them are beyond the control of Kiev territories were required to pass a single law, - has told " the Opposition bloc." We urge the President not to sign the draft law and send it to the Venice Commission for examination ", ? reported in circulation. On Wednesday, the Commissioner of the faction of the Opposition bloc in the Verkhovna Rada Alexander Dolzhenkov expressed criticism of the law on local elections. For example, He has stated that this Law deprives millions of internally displaced people in Ukraine are not allowed to vote. On Tuesday the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the General Law on local elections, which makes a number of changes in the conduct of elections to bodies of local self-government.


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