Under this title, on May 14, a round table was held in the city of Lutsk organized by the Volyn Regional Youth Public Organization "Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)" and the Civic Network OPORA.
The event took place within the framework of the campaign of the Civic Assembly of Ukraine (CAU), which is being implemented with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation and is aimed at developing a public position of civil society regarding the constitutional process.
Members of the CAU Organizing Committee and representatives of local non-governmental organizations took part in the Lutsk regional event. It became the first in a series of events of the Civic Assembly of Ukraine that will be held in all regions of Ukraine and will be completed in Kyiv on June 21 with the holding of an all-Ukrainian forum.
The round table on May 14 became the first stage of public discussions of constitutional changes in Volyn. During it, representatives of the CAU Organizing Committee presented to journalists and local public organizations the main tasks of the Civic Assembly of Ukraine and three framework questions that representatives of civil society must answer: 1.) is it expedient now to introduce changes to the current Constitution of Ukraine? 2.) which procedure for adopting possible changes will be the best? 3.) what specific proposals for the content of the Constitution do public organizations have?
As the secretary of the Organizing Committee of the Civic Assembly of Ukraine, Andriy Kohut, said: "The CAU is a platform that enables every representative of civil society to express themselves regarding important, urgent issues that arise at every stage of the development of the state." This CAU initiative is society's reaction to the actions of politicians regarding the introduction of changes to the Fundamental Law of Ukraine. The planned CAU events are being held for the purpose of developing and publicly discussing documents that should record the position of civil society regarding the adoption procedure, as well as proposals for the content of the new Constitution.
The Volyn regional conference of the Civic Assembly of Ukraine, at which the final document of the conference will be formed and the composition of the delegation that will take part in the all-Ukrainian forum will be determined, will be held in early June. Representatives of local public organizations, experts, scholars, journalists and simply active and interested citizens will be able to take part in it.
Additional information can be obtained from the regional coordinator of the Civic Assembly of Ukraine in the Volyn region, Mykhailo Shelep [mobile (067) 41-65-086, E-mail: mike.shelep@gmail.com].