Strasbourg, 08.07.2009 – The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Ukraine, Renate Wohlwend (Liechtenstein, EPP/CD) and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Germany, ALDE), have called on the Ukrainian parliament to pass a law on the presidential election which takes fully account of Council of Europe recommendations.
Draft law No. 4741 on the presidential election is currently under discussion in the Verkhovna Rada, which is due to decide on it tomorrow, Thursday 9 July 2009.
“We believe that this law is crucial for the democratic electoral process,” said the co-rapporteurs. “But it should be the subject of an in-depth reflection and public debate and take fully into account the existing recommendations of PACE and of the Venice Commission in this matter.”
“PACE and the Venice Commission remain available to assist in ensuring that the draft law will be in line with Council of Europe standards of democracy and human rights,” they concluded.
