Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed the Law of Ukraine "On Amending Articles 26 and 50 of the Law of Ukraine 'On Local Self-Government in Ukraine'" adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. This was reported to "proUA" by the President's press service. \n \n \nThe law provides for restating paragraph 4 of part one of Article 26 as follows: "election to and dismissal from the position of secretary of the council in the manner prescribed by this Law." \n \nIn part one of Article 50, the words "for the term of office of the council" shall be excluded. \n \nPart one of Article 50 shall be supplemented with a sentence of the following content: "In the event of dismissal from the position of secretary of the council in the absence of the village, settlement, or city head, in connection with the early termination of his powers, the village, settlement, or city council from its composition, on the proposal of one third of the deputies from the total composition of the respective council, elects a secretary of the council who works in the council on a permanent basis." \n \nThe law enters into force on the day of its publication.