On September 22, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and leader of the "Party of Regions" Viktor Yanukovych signed a political memorandum, which, in particular, provides for "submitting a draft Law of Ukraine 'On Amnesty' with the definition therein of Art. 157 and Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine." CVU reminds that these very articles provide for criminal liability for violations committed during the election process. Amnesty provides for release from criminal liability and punishment. The Committee of Voters of Ukraine, as an organization whose goal is to promote the conduct of honest and fair elections in Ukraine, is deeply outraged by the fact of the appearance of the President of Ukraine's signature under the aforementioned provision of the memorandum. CVU, whose observers recorded thousands of violations of legislation during the past elections of the President of Ukraine, noted that a large part of such abuses occurred due to the violators' confidence in impunity for their own unlawful acts, since the previous history of election processes in Ukraine had practically no precedents of holding anyone accountable for such violations. Therefore, CVU only welcomed the opening by law enforcement agencies of criminal cases based on facts of unlawful actions during the elections of the President of Ukraine, while at the same time emphasizing the insufficient number of such cases. In particular, CVU pointed out that so far no cases had been opened against the direct organizers of mass falsifications of election results. CVU points out that the appearance of such a clause in the memorandum contradicts Viktor Yushchenko's previous numerous statements about ensuring the conduct of honest and transparent elections of people's deputies and deputies of local councils in Ukraine in 2006. If the aforementioned clause of the memorandum is implemented, persons who have compromised themselves by participation in falsifications may return to work in commissions, and their avoidance of responsibility will become an example of impunity for new violators. CVU calls on President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko to renounce this clause in the memorandum and to publicly voice his position on this issue in the near future.