On Wednesday, August 2, the 15-day term set by the Constitution for the President of Ukraine to resolve the issue of a candidate for the post of prime minister expires. On July 18, the anti-crisis coalition (Party of Regions, Socialist and Communist parties) proposed to President Viktor Yushchenko the candidacy of Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych for the prime ministerial post. The presidential secretariat claims that submitting a candidate for Prime Minister is the right of the head of state, not an obligation. \n"The submission of a candidate for prime minister is the president's right, it is the president's authority, and this authority is adjusted by rejecting the candidate," presidential adviser, head of the Main Legal Policy Service of the secretariat Mykola Poludennyi said earlier. The anti-crisis coalition believes that the submission of a candidate for Prime Minister by the president is mandatory after the 15-day term expires. Representatives of the parliamentary majority did not rule out the option of electing the Prime Minister without a presidential submission, since failure to submit Yanukovych's candidacy would be a violation of the Constitution by the head of state - the guarantor of compliance with the Fundamental Law. \nOpinions of former Constitutional Court judges on this issue differ. According to the Constitution, the coalition of deputy factions in the Verkhovna Rada submits proposals to the President of Ukraine regarding a candidate for prime minister, and also submits proposals regarding candidates for the composition of the Cabinet of Ministers. The President of Ukraine, on the proposal of the coalition of deputy factions in the Verkhovna Rada, submits a motion for the appointment of the prime minister by the Verkhovna Rada within a period no later than the 15th day after receiving such a proposal. The President has the right to prematurely terminate the powers of the Verkhovna Rada if, within 60 days after the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers, the personal composition of the Cabinet is not formed. \nThe Constitution does not specify situations of possible violation by the President of the 15-day term or rejection of the prime minister candidate submitted by the coalition, as well as the actions of parliament in this case. \n