From 22 to 26 of April, MPs should be working in Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. However, most of Committees don't conduct their meetings. According to the agenda of plenary meetings, which is published on the VRU site, plenary meetings are to start on May 4, 2013. Till that time, MPs should be working in Committees, Commissions, factions, and some days in districts. However, this ... →
Verkhovna Rada has refused to promulgate information about officials of the Apparatus and indicate their salaries, referring to the fact that the document is for internal use only and is not subject to disclosure. ... →
Off-site parliament meeting has already been included to the chronicle of Ukrainian parliamentarism. It was supposed to demonstrate the desire of pro-power majority to work in spite of "destructive" opposition policy to the citizens of Ukraine and to the world. In practice, everything has ended up with adoption of specific laws pertaining to redistribution of budget and solution of narrow ... →
The superiority of the party in power may even rise soon. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered draft Resolution on making amendments to the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The document was submitted by member of the Party of Regions Volodymyr Makeienko. He has proposed to change the composition of 21 Committees. ... →
Civil Network OPORA is concerned about an incident when a group of MPs of Ukraine attempted to conduct the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine outside its premises on April 4, 2013. Such approach to the solution of parliamentary conflict is doubtful from legal and political point of view, what creates preconditions for final diminution of the Verkhovna Rada's importance in the ... →
In connection to the blocked rostrum by the opposition, the Party of Regions and the CPU have left the Verkhovna Rada on Hrushevskoho Street. The pro-power majority decided to conduct their meeting in an assembly hall of parliamentary committees on Bankova st. Journalists have already named the situation as putsch. ... →
As of today, 88 MPs, have published lists of their assistant-consultants, and 16 have refused to provide such information. All the other haven't provided any feedback at all. ... →
Four of five parliamentary factions have promulgated their financial reports for 2012. The most financially capable parliamentary party in Ukraine is the Party of Regions, and the least – All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda. The UDAR hasn't published the financial report yet, but its leader have informed OPORA that it is to be published in middle April. ... →
Ukrainian parliamentary system constantly degrades. Lack of citizens' trust and domination of executive branch of power have demolished foundations of representative democracy. The social legitimacy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is formed not only through elections, but also through MPs' activities during cadence, their influence on political processes and existence of real tools for ... →
As a representative body, the parliament plays key role in the functioning of democracy. However, the presence of elected body doesn't secure the existence of democratic system in the country. The democracy requires at least two conditions for its functioning. First – is holding of free and fair Parliamentary elections. Second – is adherence to democratic principles and standards in parliamentary ... →
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