First Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration and Presidential Representative in the Constitutional Court Olena Lukash has said she believes that it is necessary to end the country's tradition of amending electoral legislation ahead of each election campaign, the presidential press service has reported.
She commented on President Viktor Yanukovych's decree to form a working group to improve electoral legislation.
"Elections are the original principle of organizing the state mechanism and the local government system," Lukash said.
She noted that the president had repeatedly stressed the need to create proper and equal conditions for exercising the constitutional right of citizens to elect and be elected.
She said that the system of electoral legislation in Ukraine was currently at the stage of formation. All election laws in Ukraine require amendments to comply with international electoral standards, she added.
Lukash also stressed the need to get rid of the tradition in Ukraine of amending electoral legislation ahead of each election campaign.
She said such a pernicious practice makes it impossible to examine the provisions of the election law and properly implement election procedures. This could lead to violations of the law during any election campaign, Lukash said.
She also said that the local elections on October 31 were "the best evidence of this."
"It's time to put an end to confrontation between the political groups that always accuse each other of drafting electoral laws in order to obtain their own victory," Lukash said.
As reported, President Viktor Yanukovych earlier created a working group to improve Ukraine's electoral legislation.
