Poroshenko proposes to enshrine in the Constitution the " parliamentary opposition "

The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko proposes to enshrine in the new version of the Constitution, the notion of " parliamentary opposing political force " and to cancel the imperative mandate.

before the special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada has developed and transferred the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, various changes to the Constitution of Ukraine. According to the existing text of the Constitution, currently imperative mandate, which obliges the deputies to join a Deputy faction of the political forces, from which they were elected. First of Parliament have tried to enter at the legislative level the concept of the parliamentary opposition, but the deputies did not manage to adopt a similar law.

" in accordance with the observations of the Venice Commission, selected provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the use of the party and the imperative representative mandate for the people's deputies of Ukraine. As the bodies of the Prosecutor's office denied the functions of supervision over observance of rights and freedoms of man and citizen, the observance of laws on these issues by the bodies of Executive power, bodies of local self-government, their officials and officials ", - the proposal Poroshenko, released on the last working day of the week on the Internet representation of the Verkhovna Rada.

Also changes ensure the activity of the parliamentary opposition in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, formed in the manner and with the powers defined by the legislative act of the regulations of the Council."

in addition, the head proposes that the parliamentary coalition was formed not of the factions, as in the current Constitution, but at the expense of individual membership in the coalition.

yesterday Poroshenko said that decentralization of power, which is provided for by the constitutional reform, will make it possible to reduce the degree of tension in Ukraine. On Wednesday Poroshenko expressed the hope that the Parliament will adopt changes to the Constitution in the first reading during the forthcoming week.

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