Since June 16, the TV program Dear Deputies will be broadcasted on the 5th Channel, every Sunday at 8pm. Therefore, parliamentary activities in Ukraine will become more comprehensible and open for wider audience and bigger number of voters. Yuliia Bankova and Andrii Saichuk will explain the citizens, WHAT the Parliament is and HOW it works. They cover thorough observation of activities and inactivity of MPs in the Verkhovna Rada, committees, and districts.

A force majeure happened in Vasylkiv, on 4 June, a half of an hour before the end of voting on the second large PEC. An observer from the opposition candidate has caught red-handed a member of the commission, who was trying to bring passports of five young men into the polling station. Shouts, police, Berkut special units.... It will be later revealed - that member of the PEC, a son of the Commission Head, was intended to secretly register his friends as observers, so that they could help to ...

In May 2012, Ukrainian parliamentarians have registered 329 draft laws and resolutions, fourth part of which concerned economy, finance, and administration. The Verkhvna Rada of Ukraine adopted 88 laws and resolutions, 32 of which introduced holidays, and 17 - discharged or appointed judges. The Civil Network OPORA continues to watch and analyze law-making activities of MPs of Ukraine of VII convocation.

Civil Network OPORA continues to watch and analyze law-making activities of MPs of Ukraine of VII convocation. In this review for May, the organization has covered the scope of law-making activities in the Parliament, as well as activeness of MPs with consideration of involved factions and concerned issues. In May 2012, Ukrainian parliamentarians have registered 329 draft laws and resolutions, fourth part of which concerned economy, finance, and administration.

On June 17, at 11:30 in the Predslava Hall of the President Hotel at the address 12 Hospitalna Street, Kyiv city, Civil Network OPORA will hold a conference titled "Independent and efficient Parliament as a guaranty of democratic progress and Ukraine's perspectives on European integration."

The fact that parliamentary factions still didn't manage to come to an agreement on organization of re-election in 5 problematic districts not only threatens implementation of proper law-making practices and realization of citizen right to choose and be chosen, but also may hinder signing Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU. Such opinion was stated by the Election Programs Coordinator of the Civil Network OPORA Olha Aivazovska during an open discussion between the public and ...

The draft Law on Making Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine on Improvement of Electoral Legislation secures widening the powers of district election commissions, restricting the membership of "technical" political parties in election commissions, elaboration of detailed requirements for the electoral district formation, setting maximum size of electoral funds for political parties and candidates. Besides that, the bill imposes restrictions on the election campaigning, strengthens the rights of...

On June 2, 117 special election campaigns, city, village, town heads, and by-election to local councils of different levels, came to an end. However, an information explosion occurred on the basis of special elections of city mayor in Vasylkiv (Kyiv oblast). This story, particularly manipulations practiced during the Election Day, should be considered as a case-study.