People's Deputy of Ukraine, head of the Our Ukraine Bloc in the Volyn region, Volodymyr Bondar, considers the voting in the Verkhovna Rada on January 3 on the draft law on amendments to the Constitution by Medvedchuk-Symonenko to be illegitimate. Thus, Volodymyr Bondar, commenting on the January 3 voting in the Verkhovna Rada regarding the removal of the provision on the election of the President from draft law 4105 at an extraordinary session of parliament and the participation of socialists in it, stated the following: "Our Ukraine" did not participate in this voting because we do not recognize the results of the illegitimate voting on this draft law on December 24 within the walls of the Verkhovna Rada. So how can amendments be made to an illegitimate document?" Volodymyr Nalkovych also believes that participation in the voting on introducing amendments to draft law 4105 means choosing the path of illegitimate changes to the Constitution, and, consequently, at any moment these changes could be recognized as illegal. He also refers to the decision of the Constitutional Court of October 17, 2002, according to which "amendments to the Constitution can only be introduced at a regular session." Therefore, in his opinion, "this voting is a gross violation of the current Constitution and the constitutional process as a whole." Volodymyr Bondar also states that "Our Ukraine" has received "a very important victory" as a result of the fact that "the authorities made concessions to the opposition by agreeing to the nationwide election of the President."

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