The referendum questions (04/16/00)

The referendum questions

Following is the text of the four referendum questions that will be asked of voters in Ukraine on April 16. (Translation by The Ukrainian Weekly.)

1. Do you support the proposal to amend Article 90 of the Constitution of Ukraine with a new third section containing the text:

"The President of Ukraine can also prematurely end the mandate of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine if the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, within the period of one month, could not form a functioning majority, or if it could not approve, within the period of three months, the state budget of Ukraine properly prepared and presented by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine"

which would delineate additional reasons for the dismissal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the president, and the appropriate addition to point No. 8 of the first section of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine of the words:

"as well as in other cases foreseen by the Constitution of Ukraine"?

__ Yes

__ No

2. Do you agree with the necessity of limiting the deputies' immunity of national deputies of Ukraine and, in conjunction with this, with the deletion of the third section of Article 80 of the Constitution of Ukraine:

"National deputies of Ukraine cannot, without the approval of the Verkhovna Rada, be held criminally responsible, be detained or be arrested"?

__ Yes

__ No

3. Do you agree with decreasing the total number of national deputies of Ukraine from 450 to 300 and with the appropriate amendment in the first section of Article 76 of the Constitution of Ukraine, changing the words "four hundred fifty" to the words "three hundred," as well as with making the appropriate changes to the legislation on elections?

__ Yes

__ No

4. Do you support the necessity of forming a bicameral parliament in Ukraine, one chamber of which would represent the interests of the regions of Ukraine and promote their realization, and making appropriate changes to the Constitution of Ukraine and legislation on elections?

__ Yes

__ No

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