On 25 August, in the press-center of UNIAN Information Agency, a press-conference was held by citizen activists and MPs of Ukraine who have initiated consideration of a joint draft law guaranteeing voting rights of internally displaced persons. The war in eastern Ukraine made 1,437,967 citizens leave their homes, but Ukrainian legislation doesn't provide proper regulation of their voting rights. Citizens are equal before the law, according to the Constitution of Ukraine. UN Guiding Princi...

Civil Network OPORA announces recruitment of long-term observers in all Ukrainian oblasts to conduct citizen observation of local elections.

OPORA has noticed that equal opportunities principle was neglected by a potential candidate in the city of Vasylkiv (Kyiv oblast) who holds an office in local government body and used his powers for campaigning purposes.

Civil Network OPORA announces competition for 26 positions of Regional Press-Secretaries in all Ukrainian oblasts (besides temporarily occupied territory of the AR Crimea and Sevastopol city) and two in Kyiv for local elections.

Civil Network OPORA announces recruitment of long-term observers in Kyiv oblast to conduct citizen observation during local elections.

The current Parliament had 30% times more working days during the first two sessions than the Parliament of VII convocation (64 plenary days in comparison to 49). However, only 11 MPs were present on all the plenary sittings, and six of them are majoritarian MPs. Non-faction MPs Andrii Biletskyi, Dmytro Yarosh, and Andrii Denysenko have the worst attendance record – 5%, 6%, and 22% of plenary sittings respectively. However, the following issues still remain topical in the Parliament: low atte...

Ukrainian Parliament has worked for nearly 1/3 of plenary days more than the Parliament of VII convocation. But did quantity turned into quality? Several problems remain unresolved, among which low attendance on plenary sessions, some factions ignore the voting process, there is the need to create a comprehensive system for quality assessment of bills and planning of law-making activities.

You will know from twenty-seventh series of the TV program, broadcasted on 27 July, whether elections in district #205 were democratic, about by-elections in USA, Great Britain and Singapore, and about assistants to MPs, their duties, functions and fees. We will ask our MPs what a conciliation meeting is.