Yatseniuk: Batkivschyna calls on opposition to table in parliament text of 2004 Constitution
The Batkivschyna Party has urged all its opposition partners to support with 150 signatures the text of the Constitution of 2004 so that it could urgently be put to the vote in the Verkhovna Rada, Batkivschyna faction leader Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.
"Since the discussion has begun, now I want to officially state that the Batkivschyna faction is appealing to our opposition colleagues to collect from tomorrow 150 signatures, as required by the current Constitution, under the text of the 2004 Constitution without any additions and amendments, as the Venice Commission has demanded from us. Then we will complete, modify and improve the Ukrainian Constitution," he said live on Channel 5 late on Monday.
He said that the Maidan is demanding this and that it must be done urgently to deprive President Viktor Yanukovych of the "dictatorial powers" granted to him by the Constitutional Court, which repealed the Constitution of 2004.
Yatseniuk said that Batkivschyna was ready for an extraordinary session of parliament and would try to do everything so that the parliament reinstates the Constitution of 2004.
He also said that the opposition would be ready to assume responsibility for the economic situation in the country if it received all government posts.
"We have a clear position. First, stripping the incumbent president of his dictatorial powers. Second, transferring the formation of the Cabinet of Ministers to the Verkhovna Rada. Third, the Ukrainian opposition's receiving all responsibility for affairs in the country. This means the entire composition of the Cabinet of Ministers. What is now happening in the country requires not just efforts, but super efforts in order to prevent the country from going bankrupt economically and politically," Yatseniuk said.
