National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova has said she is confident that early parliamentary elections should be held before presidential polls.
National Security
and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova has said she is
confident that early parliamentary elections should be held before
presidential polls.
“As far as the question of the next Ukrainian
president is concerned, it is hidden from us by an uncivilized
political struggle and a possible new reaction of voters to the crisis
of political power in Ukraine. In order to reach a new trajectory with
a ‘plus’ sign, one should inevitably ‘reset’ the authoritative
political system. This could be done only through early elections to
the parliament, which currently enjoys the trust of around 2% of voters
and which is an insurmountable source of political corruption and
instability,” she said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
“Of course, one should immediately change the
electoral system, which makes a pigs-trough out of the legislative body
for which Ukrainian businessmen fight each day under the veil of
national interests,” Bohatyriova said.
“After this, a new constitution should be passed at
a national referendum simultaneously with presidential elections. It
would be right to hold a poll on the layout of power in Ukraine between
the snap parliamentary and the presidential elections,” she said.
She also said that there was a chain of other even more important problems.
“They should be resolved immediately at the tactical
and strategic levels in order to strengthen the competitiveness of
Ukrainians in the global world. At any price a high level of national
security, which is a key national interest, should be guaranteed, she
said.
Bohatyriova said that this required giving up the
excessive politicization of the government’s actions, which had already
resulted in losing three key ministers.
“The most important thing is the openness, honesty
and transparency of authorities and primarily the government.
[Ukrainian President Viktor] Yushchenko shows these qualities. It seems
to me that this fact is the only way to win the trust of voters. It is
they who will take a decision on the nation’s next leader,” she said.
