Kuchma stated that he does not intend to sign the Law "On the Specifics of Applying the Law 'On Elections of the President of Ukraine' during the repeat voting on November 21, 2004" (regarding the prohibition of voting with absentee certificates). \n \nHe noted that not a single article of the law adopted yesterday by the people's deputies, on the prohibition of using absentee certificates during the presidential elections, complies with the Constitution of Ukraine. \n \nAccording to Kuchma, "there is nothing left before the elections, and I am convinced that there is no example anywhere in the world of introducing such changes in such a timeframe." As the president said, these changes cannot be implemented, "there isn't even time, even if someone suddenly wanted it." \n \nKuchma emphasized that the provisions of this law "exclude millions of people from the process of participation in the elections of the President of Ukraine." \n \nAccording to him, in accordance with the words of the head of the Central Election Commission Serhiy Kivalov, absentee certificates "have already been received by millions of voters (according to CEC data, 1.5 million absentee certificates were produced for the second round)." "Therefore — a cross on these changes," said the president. \n \nIn Kuchma's opinion, there are all possibilities within the framework of the current legislation, taking into account that the CEC has allowed precinct commissions to make changes to the voter lists on the day of voting. "Today there are no problems, and to introduce additional aggravation into this process (the election process), forgive me, is not Christian," he noted. \n \nKuchma regarded the adoption of changes to the law on presidential elections as a provocation by the opposition: "I consider this an ordinary provocation by the opposition, so that there would be an opportunity to stir up people." \n \nRecall that on Thursday the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law according to which voting in the second round with absentee certificates is prohibited. Such a decision was adopted with the aim of preventing falsification of elections. \n