Prime Minister, leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych, speaking before the workforce of the "Luhanske" mine administration of the state enterprise "Luhanskvuhillia" and representatives of trade union associations, introduced the new head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, Oleksandr Antipov.
In his speech, Viktor Yanukovych raised the issue of constitutional reform, which proposes a parliamentary-presidential form of government, noting that it has only just begun to gain strength. "For now we have only the Constitution. It is necessary to adopt quite a few laws that would ensure the implementation of the reform, its real substance," emphasized the Prime Minister.
Now the main task of the authorities both in the center and in the regions is to build an effective system of governance. We will do everything so that in the near future we bring order in the country both in the region and in the center, stressed Viktor Yanukovych.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine stated that it is necessary in the near future to adopt laws on the delimitation of powers of the Government and the President. "These powers have not yet been finally divided and you today see from the press what is being discussed at meetings of the President and the Prime Minister, what is happening in parliament. Today the process of forming a parliamentary-presidential system is still ongoing," said the Prime Minister, adding that "this process will be difficult and contradictory."
This will take time. Currently this is hindering the Government from working clearly. However, when the relevant legislation is adopted, the situation when governments changed almost annually will no longer recur. According to Viktor Yanukovych, this policy was deliberately built this way to confuse the people about who bears responsibility for the disorder in the country.
Viktor Yanukovych also emphasized the need for decentralization of power, noting that this process must take place gradually. According to him, the parliamentary Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government will soon submit to parliament draft law No. 3207 concerning the reform of local self-government. This draft law provides that the regional council will form its own executive body, which will resolve issues of the region, noted the leader of the Party of Regions.