Civil Network OPORA - Election in Ukraine

News Parliament

15 November 2017

Public subvention: who and how much solicited for the constituency

News Parliament

31 January 2017

TWO YEARS OF OPERATION OF THE VERKHOVNA RADA OF 8TH CONVOCATION: LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY AND LAW-MAKING PROCESS

News Parliament

26 September 2016

The new CEC: priorities of candidates for new CEC members

News Parliament

26 September 2016

Strengthening independence of Ukraine’s Central Election Commission: proposals for reform

The Parliament should immediately consider termination of office of the twelve commissioners with the expired terms and, subsequently, consider the President’s slate of nominees. Once the new CEC composition is approved by Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada should consider the amendments to the Constitution and to the Law on the Central Election Commission that seek to strengthen the independence of the Commission and enforce Commissioners to hold their posts and observe the legall...

News Parliament

19 September 2016

Public discussion between candidates for CEC members

Public discussion between candidates for members of the Central Election Commission, submitted by the President of Ukraine, will be held on 23 September in the Parus Business Center (2 Mechnykova St., Kyiv city).

News Parliament

09 September 2016

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine should immediately consider the formation of new CEC membership – OPORA

Besides delaying the rotation of CEC members, there are other risks – politicization of the appointment process and making it populist, OPORA's experts say.

News Parliament

09 September 2016

STATEMENT OF OPORA CONCERNING THE ONGOING CEC ROTATIONS

Civil Network OPORA calls on the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to urgently consider President's submission of new CEC members and pass a decision in accordance with the Law of Ukraine on the Central Election Commission and the Rules of Parliamentary Procedure.

News Parliament

11 July 2016

Press-conference “Reception offices of parliamentary factions and majoritarian MPs: where to find them?”

On Thursday 14 July, atr 11:30 AM in the UNIAN Information Agency (4 Khreshatyk St., Kyiv), Civil Network OPORA holds a press-conference to present the results of inspection of public receptions belonging to parties, which have parliamentary factions (Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Opposition Bloc, Samopomich Union, Radical Party of Oleh Liashko, and All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna), and 198 MPs, elected in single-member districts. OPORA's representatives will tell about: the cu...

Article Parliament

23 June 2016

How to make the Parliament do the job

Reforming the Rules of Parliamentary Procedure: not much European recommendations implemented

News Parliament

20 June 2016

How does a good and real party look like? Video

Talking about a good party, which can efficiently work in the parliament, one should mention voter interests, distinct ideological principles, a detailed program, teamwork, transparent financing and membership fees, open and public activities.

News Parliament

16 June 2016

What experts and MPs think about achievements of Ukrainian Parliament after 1.5 years

How does Ukrainian Parliament of VIII convocation work? How effectively do MPs fulfill their duties? How do they communicate with the voters and how well the Parliament succeeds in its goal – becoming an open and transparent legislative body? These questions were discussed on Monday 13 June National Forum titled: “How the Parliament has changed over 1.5 years.” Over one hundred representatives of civil society, mass media, assistants to MPs and various government institutions participated in ...

News Parliament

16 June 2016

OPORA, CHESNO and ISES warn about the risks related to the current edition of bill №4696 on the «reform» of the rules of procedure of the Ukrainian Parliament

According to analysis conducted by experts from OPORA, CHESNO and Institute for Social & Economic Studies (ISES) current edition of the bill №4696 on amendments to Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Ukraine, initiated by Andriy Parubiy, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, contains serious risks for Ukrainian parliamentarism. Therefore, CHESNO and OPORA suggest restarting bill preparation process with broad consultation on rules of procedure reform based both upon&...

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