The party "Batkivshchyna" wants to initiate the development of a new electoral code in the Parliament, because it considers "unusable" the current law on elections in Local authorities in Ukraine, said the leader of the party Yulia Tymoshenko at a press conference on Thursday.

"It is clear today that the new law on elections of local level people's deputies of village and settlement councils is absolutely unsuitable, in order to apply it further. It is at the base of this law occurred most more the bribery of voters in all regions. It is at the base of this law has turned the elections into a solid corruption, and for this reason the Faction "Batkivshchyna" goes with the sentence to commence immediately in the Parliament the development of the system of the electoral code, which will never apply such a model for the election, which was and (which) showed corruption ", - said Tymoshenko.

in her expressions, the Faction insists on the illegality of the elections by the majority system. Review of the head of the " Batkivshchyna ", the election must be conducted only under the proportional system.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. Regional, city and district councils elected under the proportional system with the so-called open lists, and elections of deputies of village and settlement councils - the majority system of relative majority. In the elections has not had the opportunity to participate blocks of political parties, the electoral threshold for parties was raised from 3% to 5%. The election will turnout.

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