The next session of the Lutsk District Council took place on April 4. Among the main issues included for discussion were questions regarding the discussion of the political reform proposed by President Leonid Kuchma. The head of the Lutsk District State Administration, Vadym Naumenko, spoke with a request to support the President's legislative initiatives.
However, the President's proposal found no support in the Lutsk District Council. The deputies of the district council favorably received the report of the head of the "Initiatives" deputy group, a representative of the "Our Ukraine" bloc, Bohdan Prus. In particular, he emphasized that the government needs reform, but not in the form proposed by the president. "One should clearly distinguish between the real desire for change and its imitation, that is, the desire for self-preservation in power," the deputy's speech stated.
Bohdan Prus called on the deputies of the district council to thoroughly analyze the President's proposals regarding constitutional changes and to compare these changes with the possible socio-political consequences for the country.
As a result, the session of the Lutsk District Council, by 35 votes "FOR" (out of 52 deputies, all others did not vote), adopted a Decision to "take into consideration the initiatives proposed by Leonid Kuchma," although the draft decision proposed to the deputies suggested the wording "approve."
In the near future, deputies of the majority, if not all, local councils will face consideration of the presidential initiatives. It will be interesting to find out the reaction of the authors of the constitutional reform if the majority of those elected to local councils simply "take it into consideration."