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 * THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE **


 * Parties: **

· The reformation proposed would be to have a limited amount of political parties. · Parties could be a lot more stable if they were kept at a minimum. · Political parties in Ukraine should also be more organized. · There should be a set party leader, and he or she should abide to its proper regulations. · If this is unable to be done, then the adoption of a law that was proposed by President Leonid Kushma, should be taken into consideration. This law stated that is, “Any MP elected via a specific party changed factions, he or she would automatically lose his or her mandate” (GlobalSecutiry.org).


 * Executive: Presidential Democracy **

· Ukraine will still have a President who is the Head of the State, but s/he will be more of a symbolic figure. · The Prime Minister will have more control over the parliament in order to run the government smoothly · The President will still nominate the Prime Minister with the approval of the legislative branch. · The President will also have veto authority over any legislature that is passed. · Legislative branch will have the ability to overrule the President's veto with a 2/3 vote.


 * Legislature: Bicameral: **

· Senate with 100 members. Rada 350 members. · Two separate houses will have some individual powers as well as share some powers. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ukraine becomes a federal state with 25 states. This will allow a representative from each area to represent their needs in each individual area. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Verkhovna Rada will be virtually the same with less members in order to form another house. The Rada is already selected by proportional representation and it will stay that way because of the wide variety of political parties.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Judiciary Branch: **

· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A checks and balances system. Make the judicial branch stronger and allow it to check the other branches. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Since the Constitutional Court already has these duties it will be imperative that they are allowed to act on their duties. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The process needs to be changed from picking favorites to picking candidates based on merit. The testing needs to be more transparent and the laws regarding the appointment process need to be strengthened and followed. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">There needs to be scrutiny on judges, and they need to be held accountable for their decisions.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Territorial Politics: **

· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Ukraine should become a federal state. Decentralization is a trend that is favored by many countries and it often produces better solutions for specific regions of a country · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">There should be a movement of responsibility away from the highest central and lowest decentral political organs to a federal level. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">There should be regular opportunities for small regions to express their opinions and concerns, but it might be better to have people to deal with it (obligatory) that are more independent from the single regions. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The autonomous republic of Crimea should become a normal region or at the most get a special right like Kyiv and Sevastopol. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ukraine has to move on to a more wholistic model if it wants to become a functioning, modern democracy. Chapter X should be excluded from the constitution in favor of a clearer structure of local government in the former Chapter XI. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Due to the Ukraine's important geopolitical position there should be a state agency solely for territorial matters. It should be independent from the governments and have a consulting function internally such as a voice in external assemblies*.

· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ukrainian government has the proper outline for a good market economy. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Laws are being made by the governing bodies that prohibit true capitalism from becoming a reality for the state. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The constitution includes provisions that prohibit the government from making such laws. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Government needs less control in the economy. Their control is prohibiting the economy to take off. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Ukrainian government needs to have more of a hands off approach.
 * Government in the Economy: **

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