Code of Silence

In adopting the Constitution in 1996, the citizens of Ukraine had every reason to see the beginning of a qualitatively new stage in the life of the state, a decisive step on the path of democratic development, where law would prevail and there would be no arbitrariness of power.

The very fact of introducing amendments to the election legislation during the election process on the eve of the repeat voting day deserves a negative assessment.

The Party of Regions managed to introduce amendments to the election law that abolish the 2/3 quorum for election commissions.

The law increased State Budget expenditures under the program "Covering the deficit of funds of the Pension Fund of Ukraine for pension payments" by UAH 717 million and the volume of the subvention from the state budget to local budgets for the payment of assistance to families with children, low-income families,…