He said this to journalists on Friday.

"Amnesty is not established by a memorandum, even with such high signatures, it is established by law," he said.

According to Klyuchkovskyi, the amnesty law was adopted this year, and the next one will be in a year.

"Therefore, as long as there is no amnesty law, there is no point in talking about amnesty having occurred for crimes under Articles 157 and 158 (of the Criminal Code)," he added.

As is known, Article 157 deals with obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights. Article 158 - improper use of ballots, forgery of election documents or incorrect counting of votes or incorrect announcement of results.

As Klyuchkovskyi stated, "we agree that these articles should not be used for political persecution."

On the other hand, the MP said, he is "concerned that when holding people accountable, it is mainly rank-and-file executors who are punished, while the masterminds have not yet been reached."

At the same time, the head of the Central Election Commission, Yaroslav Davydovych, has a positive attitude toward the idea of amnesty for those convicted of violating election legislation during the 2004 presidential elections.

"I think the issue has been raised correctly," Davydovych stated in an interview with journalists on Friday.

Davydovych recalled that "several thousand criminal cases" have been opened regarding violations of election legislation after the 2004 presidential elections. According to him, "this issue is on the one hand quite bold, and on the other hand - not simple, and the world does not assess it simply."

"When a teacher - a member of a precinct election commission is held accountable for a violation, while others avoid it - that is also wrong," emphasized the CEC head.

At the same time, he noted that "the state is not ready" for this, since "there was too much permissiveness" when during previous elections "PR stunts with violations of the law" were used.

Davydovych also recalled that a draft law has been developed in the Verkhovna Rada on mitigating punishments for violations of election legislation.

"I think this is a very serious lesson for the future," he noted.

As is known, one of the provisions of the memorandum signed between Yushchenko and Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych refers to submitting to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law "On Amnesty" with the definition therein of Art. 157 and Art. 158 of the Criminal Code.