The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine proposed Yushchenko to cancel the decree on the dissolution of the Rada as a contradictory constitution

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine invites President Viktor Yushchenko to cancel the decree on the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada, since it contradicts the constitution. According to the control department, by this decree the president exceeded his authority.

"The Ministry of Justice considers it necessary to offer the president to cancel the decree of April 2" On the early termination of the powers of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "as such," the press service of the control department quotes the ITAR-TASS. The Ministry of Justice outlined his arguments on seven pages.

The Ministry of Justice notes that the decree does not have the legal grounds necessary for the implementation of the relevant constitutional powers of the president, and this confirms the illegitimacy of the decision on the early termination of the powers of the Verkhovna Rada.

According to Ukrainian Pravda , the Ministry of Justice, in particular, notes that there are no references to the norms of part two of Article 90 and paragraph 8 of the first part of Article 106 of the Constitution, which directly determine the powers of the President regarding the conditions and procedure for the early termination of the authority of the Verkhovna Rada.

According to the control and legal department, the expansion of the coalition at the expense of deputies that previously not part of the majority is legal. "The Constitution of Ukraine does not contain norms that would determine the transition to the coalition of all people's deputies who are members of the corresponding party fraction (bloc of political parties), or make it impossible to transition of some members of the faction to the coalition," the Ministry of Justice notes.

The ministry warns that in the state budget for 2007 the funds for the holding of the extraordinary elections of the Verkhovna Rada in the current year are not provided. "Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers is not entitled to comply with the requirements of Article 4 of the Presidential Decree of April 2 until the time of the appropriate amendments to the Law" On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2007, "the Ministry of Justice concluded.

It is necessary to allocate 500 million hryvnias (about $ 100 million) for early parliamentary elections from the budget, ITAR-TASS reports.

It should be noted that the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Yaroslav Davidovich already assured the president in the readiness of the CEC to hold early parliamentary elections within the specified period - May 27, 2007.

Such a statement caused bewilderment among the Minister of Justice of Ukraine Alexander Lavrinovich, who previously called President Yushchenko a "source of destabilization". “I could ask him the question of how he is going to do it, because it is not clear, not to mention the fact that since today there is no legitimate leadership and financing of the CEC, not only elections,” Interfax quoted the words of the minister.

According to Lavrinovich, before reporting on his readiness to fulfill the presidential decree, Davydovich should get acquainted with the laws of Ukraine, the constitution, as well as the decisions of the parliament (on the termination of financing of the CEC and on the cancellation of the decision on the appointment of members of the CEC) adopted at an emergency meeting on Monday late at night.