President proposes parliament appoint 17 new CEC members

03.10.2019 16:33

Ukrinform

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has tabled in the Verkhovna Rada a motion for the appointment of new members of the Central Election Commission (CEC), European Solidarity MP Oleksiy Honcharenko has reported on his Facebook page.

The MP published a scanned copy of the motion dated October 3, 2019. According to the document, the head of state submitted a motion for the appointment as CEC members of Oksana Boyarchuk, Yuriy Buhlak, Olena Hataulllina, Andriy Hevko, Viktoria Hlushchenko, Vitaliy Hren, Oleh Didenko, Serhiy Dubovyk, Andriy Yevstihneyev, Iryna Yefremova, Oleksandra Karmaza, Pavlo Liubchenko, Yuriy Miroshnychenko, Volodymyr Perepeliuk, Vitaliy Plukar, Serhiy Postivy, and Yuriy Frytsky.

The document also states that it will be presented at a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada by the president's representative in parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk.

According to the parliament's rules of procedure, personnel issues do not need to be included on the agenda but can be considered at meetings as they are received.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on September 9 tabled in parliament a motion for the early termination of powers of CEC members.

The head of state, in particular, justified the motion by the fact that during the registration of MPs the CEC allegedly acted in a biased manner and contrary to the principles determined by the electoral legislation. The motion also said that 28 CEC decisions had been overturned by the courts.

The Verkhovna Rada on September 13 adopted a resolution on the early termination of powers of the entire composition of the Central Election Commission.