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To: President of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
His Excellency Mr. Pedro
Agramunt
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From: President of International
Charitable Found « REVIVAL OF SPIRITUALITY NATIONS »
Shevchenko Nina
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Ukraine
Kyiv
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Ref. 16.01.2017 № 02/01/16/17
"On promotion implementation by Ukraine
of resolutions 1549 (2007) and 1755 (2010)
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe
«The functioning of democratic institutions in
Ukraine",
considering the changes in the legislation of
Ukraine
on elections of members of parliament and
members
of local government bodies in accordance with
open
lists of proportional representation».
Your Excellency Mr. Pedro Agramunt!
With due deep respect and
reverence! I am writing to you on behalf of the many hundreds Ukrainian
citizens who penned their signatures on this letter. We, the citizens of
Ukraine, standing on active civilian position are concerned that Ukraine is not
complying with resolutions 1549 (2007) and 1755 (2010) of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe "The functioning of democratic
institutions in Ukraine".
The present
Ukrainian voting system of closed-list proportional representation promotes
corruption, political and economic crisis in the country.
Today, neither the
President nor the Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council) of Ukraine nor the Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine made the changes in the legislation of Ukraine on
elections of Parliamentarians and members of Local Governments from close list
single-member constituency to open lists multi-member constituencies, so that
voters themselves can nominate candidates for the Verkhovna Rada and Local
Governments.
In 2012, the
Parliament of Ukraine made some changes in the voting-related legislation.
Unfortunately, only 50 percent of the recommendations of Resolutions 1549
(2007) and 1755 (2010) of the Parliamentary Assembly were implemented. This
continues to negatively affect the operation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
and Local Governments and this was one of the reasons that led to the “Maidan”
revolution and the mishandling of Government institutions, capture of Crimea
and the military operations in the eastern part of Ukraine.
The 50 per cent
implementation of Resolutions 1549 (2007) and 1755 (2010) of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe has negative impact on the economic and
political situation in Ukraine.
These issues were
included in the comments of ex-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
Vladimir Lytvyn, in the newspaper "Facts" of 22.11.2008 years, and
also in the comments of the Parliamentarian of Ukraine 2 - 4 convocation,
honorary member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council, Anatoly
Rahanskiy in newspaper "Maidan" of May 2014 (see an attachment).
Putting in
consideration aforementioned facts, we appeal:
That you assist in Ukraine's implementation of
Resolutions 1549 (2007) and 1755 (2010) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe as regards changes in the legislation of Ukraine on the elections
of Parliamentarians and members of Local Governments under open lists
proportional representation in accordance with European standards and the
resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Otherwise,
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe should impose sanctions against
Ukraine for failing to implement these resolutions:
- Deprive Ukrainian
delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe the right to
vote as members;
- Deprive Ukrainian
delegation the right to be elected into governing bodies of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe;
- Exclusion of
Ukraine from the Council of Europe.
These sanctions are
not favorable for our country, which is in a complex of critical political and
economic situation. We are appealing that in the forthcoming PACE January
session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2017) to
discuss "Functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine”, make
resolutions encouraging Ukrainian leadership and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
in the shortest possible time to implement resolutions 1549 (2007) and 1755
(2010) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, because in
Ukraine there is the possibility of early parliamentary elections.
Thank you for
understanding and cooperation.
Attachments:
1. Comments
ex-Speaker of the Verhovna Rada of Ukraine; Vladimir Lytvyn (the newspaper
"Facts" dated November 22, 2008).
2. Comments of the honorary member of the
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, MP of 2 - 4 convocation (the
newspaper «Maidan» № 4 of May 2014).
Thank you for your understanding and
support.
On
behalf of the following
civil
society institutions
Sincerely,
Nina
Shevchenko
January
16, 2017
