Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kharkiv: Draft Constitution should be submitted to the Venice Commission asap
The Prime
Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk stresses
there is the need to
submit to the Venice Commission
as soon as
possible a draft Constitution of Ukraine. He declared
during an exit session of
the Government in Kharkiv, on May 7.
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“Even if
there are certain discrepancies in the positions
of various political forces, I consider such draft with the
table of differences should be sent to
our European partners in order
to find out their vision
and complete the constitutional reform in Ukraine
much demanded by the people
today”. “Our people
are demanding change of authority
structure, and the Constitution is the principal
document called to change the
authority system,” he added. The Prime
Minister emphasized the Government of Ukraine had
started “a broad national dialog relating to real
changes in Ukraine”: “Such changes envisage decentralizing of power, transition of responsibilities to the regions,
approval the new Budget Code
containing that the local communities
will be provided with financial resources, a new Tax Code
which contains simplifying and reducing the number of taxes,
is called to ensure transparency
of payment taxes and curb
corruption”. According to
him, amendments to the Constitution
should also envisage that “every separate territory, every separate community will possess additional powers in humanitarian area as well”.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed that the position
of the Government in this issue “has
been, still remains and will
be invariable”: “We have used
to protect and will be
protecting the rights of Russian
speaking community. And the current
law rendering to the Russian
language the regional status is working in
Ukraine today. If the need
arises to introduce a special status for the
Russian language and languages of national minorities,
I consider it must be the
subject for the joint discussion
and taking a relevant decision”. |