" Batkivshchyna ": Ukraine's Central election Commission has banned the referendum on NATO membership
The Central election Commission of Ukraine at its meeting forbade the holding of the referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO, said on Wednesday the press service of the Batkivshchyna party.
before the government of Ukraine approved the draft law on the abolition of non-aligned status of the country and the capture rate for membership in NATO. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the purpose of Kiev, " the special status between Ukraine and NATO ". First of " Batkivshchyna " sent documents to CEC to conduct an all-Ukrainian referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO. The party wants a referendum held at the same time with the extraordinary parliamentary elections on 26 October." Batkivshchyna " stands for the country's accession to the Alliance.
" The Central election Commission at its meeting forbade the holding of the referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO. It is unreasonable and illegal, all This is happening during the reign of Yanukovych: the people of Ukraine on the fact it is forbidden to Express the desire for a referendum on Ukraine's membership in NATO ", - informs the press service of the party.
" Batkivshchyna " begins collecting signatures for a referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO, added the press service.
5th September at the initiative of the party " Batkivshchyna " and its leader Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev was held a Meeting of Residents in favour of holding the all-Ukrainian referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO. The meeting approved the wording of the question proposed to be put to a referendum. The question must be: " do you Support Ukraine's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the system of collective security?". Also created an initiative group, which is mandated to build the collection of signatures in support of the referendum.