The public party "Pora" demands that the Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Roman Zvarych, resign. This is stated in a statement by the "Pora" party, reports "Podrobnosti". \n \n"The unceremonious actions and mockery of the registration procedure of our party and the public organization 'Pora' force us to sharply criticize, in particular, Justice Minister Zvarych," explains "Pora". "We can no longer contain our indignation at the inaction and unprofessionalism of Mr. Minister Zvarych. 'Pora' provided all the documents necessary for the registration of both the public organization and the political party. 'Pora' has sufficient authority in society and has never had problems collecting the required number of signatures for registration," say the authors of the statement. "Today 'Pora' calls into question Zvarych's professional abilities and moral qualities, as well as his right to decide the fate of a new generation of Ukrainian politicians," the statement says. "'Pora' demands that Mr. Zvarych do an honest and courageous act - resign," the authors of the statement conclude. \n \nRecall that on January 12, 2005, the founding congress of the political party Pora took place, after which documents were submitted for registration of the party to the Ministry of Justice. On February 16, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine refused registration to the parties, having determined that the powers of local party organizations recorded in the documents did not comply with current legislation, and also raising objections to some signature sheets. On February 22, Pora representatives re-submitted documents to the Ministry of Justice. \n \nOn March 24, at the first congress of the "Pora" party, its representatives stated that the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine was violating legislation by delaying the process of registering the political party "Pora". At the same congress, Ukraine's Minister for Youth and Sports, Yuriy Pavlenko, noted that the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine was delaying the registration of the Pora political party in order to prevent it from participating in the 2006 parliamentary elections. On March 28, Roman Zvarych, commenting on the Ministry of Justice's refusal to register "Pora" as a political party, stated that "the situation in the signature sheets is far from normal." According to the minister, out of all of Pora's signature lists, 1,053 citizen signatures were checked, of which only 338 people confirmed that they had signed such a sheet. "352 people denied that it was their signature," emphasized Roman Zvarych. \n \nRoman Zvarych also reported that there was an agreement with "Pora" representatives to conduct a repeat verification. "I stated that if two-thirds of the signatures are confirmed, that is somewhere around 1.2 thousand, then we are ready to register the party," said the minister. On April 12, Roman Zvarych reported that the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine was conducting a second verification of signatures collected in support of the registration of the political party "Pora". According to Roman Zvarych, as of today, 1,314 signatures had been checked, of which 797 had confirmed authenticity. At the same time, Roman Zvarych noted that during the verification, non-existent addresses of signatories were again discovered, but this time in other regions. Roman Zvarych called on "someone to give me some kind of legal argumentation as to why we should register this party." \n \nOn the same day, April 12, at a press conference, the "Pora" party accused the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine of deliberately delaying the registration of the party and pressuring citizens who had put their signatures in support of the creation of the party.