Ukrainian President signed into law changes rules for local elections
KIEV, July 27 (Xinhua Song Zongli Mu Liming) 27 Ukrainian presidential press service issued a statement that the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich has signed a new Law on Local Elections, scheduled to be held this year by the end of October local elections will be established under the new electoral rules.
notice that the new local election law apply to the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, and local boards of elections and village, town and city of the Chief Executive election.
new electoral law, village, town council elections for regional representation, candidates representing their constituencies in a single simple majority to be elected, and the district, city, state legislature and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the highest Parliament adopted a mixed electoral system, that is part of the members elected according to regional representation, the other members elected by proportional representation. Local Chief Executive election is in accordance with the administrative division, a simple majority of candidates can be elected.
Ukraine's opposition party accused the new electoral law limits coalition of smaller parties the right to participate in the elections, said it would ask the Court to sentence the law unconstitutional.
Ukraine's parliament has passed a resolution will be held this year on October 31 local elections.
