53-598: CVK may refer to: Central Election Commission of Ukraine Central venous catheter Chiang Rai Witthayakhom School Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CVK . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CVK&oldid=932779710 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
106-740: A 7-year term by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. A Commission member may be a citizen of Ukraine, who shall not be under twenty five years old on the appointment date, has the right to vote, has been lived in Ukraine for at least the last five years and commands the official language. The Chairperson of the Commission, the Deputy Chair of the Commission, the Secretary of the Commission, as well as at least five other members of
159-492: A Second Deputy Chairman. Before the Chairman of a newly convoked Rada is elected, parliamentary sessions are presided over by members of a temporary presidium of the first session ( Ukrainian : тимчасова президія першої сесії ). The temporary presidium is composed of five deputies, representing the four largest parliamentary fractions plus the chairman of a preparatory deputy group of the first parliamentary session, however,
212-475: A derogatory name meaning "carcass". The term was applied to deputies allegedly bribed to switch factions. In 2010, women accounted for 8.5% of MPs. After the 2012 parliamentary election they made up 10% of the parliament. Following the 2014 parliamentary election women made up 11.1% of the parliament; setting a record for Ukraine. For comparison, the EU average for female representation in national legislatures
265-768: A faction in the Verkhovna Rada, for example, the Party of Regions , All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" and Labour Ukraine . Each parliamentary faction or group appoints a leader. Since the Imperative mandate provisions of the Ukrainian constitution came into effect again in February 2014 a political party can withdraw a parliamentary mandate if one of their MPs leaves its parliamentary faction. MPs who defected from one faction to another were known as "Tushky"
318-507: A people's deputy of Ukraine , this bill reduced certain privileges for incumbent and former deputies. The parliament canceled some benefits and payments to lawmakers in December 2011. Deputy's absence from parliamentary meetings is being countered by withholding salary. In December 2019 deputy's immunity was dismantled except that a lawmaker is not legally liable for the results of voting or statements in parliament and its bodies. Over
371-470: A speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capital Kyiv . The deputies elected in the 21 July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election were inaugurated on 29 August 2019. The Verkhovna Rada developed out of the systems of the republican representative body known in the Soviet Union as Supreme Soviet (Supreme Council) that was first established on 26 June 1938 as
424-711: A type of legislature of the Ukrainian SSR after the dissolution of the Congress of Soviets of the Ukrainian SSR . The 12th convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR ( elected in 1990 ) issued the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine , introduced elements of a market economy and political liberalization , and officially changed the numeration of its sessions, proclaiming itself
477-519: Is a localized version of this term used in the Ukrainian SSR . After Ukraine regained independence in 1991, the term Verkhovnaya Rada ( Russian : Верховная Рада ) had been in use in both Russian and Ukrainian-based russophone media as a loan translation of the Ukrainian term. Verkhovna , the feminine form of the adjective "верховний" meaning supreme , derives from the Ukrainian word "верх" meaning "top". Another name, used less commonly,
530-452: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Central Election Commission of Ukraine The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( Ukrainian : Центральна виборча комісія України , romanized : Tsentralna vyborcha komisiia Ukrainy , commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as Ukrainian : ЦВК , romanized : TsVK ( [t͡seʋeˈkɑ] ); sometimes referred to as
583-704: Is the Parliament of Ukraine ( Ukrainian : Парламент України ). The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic replaced the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets and was a type of legislative authority of Soviet Ukraine according to the 1937 Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR . The All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets had already been renamed the Supreme Council in 1927. The Congress of Soviets
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#1732775617014636-603: The Cabinet of Ukraine , which in 1997 became an independent body of the Ukrainian government. There are different electoral divisions depending on the level of elections. Before the electoral of 1997 and the installation of the Central Election Commission the country consisted of 450 electoral districts (number of parliamentarians in Verkhovna Rada). With the introduction of party voting principle
689-460: The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine on 16 July 1990, and declared Ukrainian independence on 24 August 1991, at approximately 6 p.m. local time. At the time, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada was Leonid Kravchuk . The Act of Ukrainian Independence was overwhelmingly supported in a national referendum held on 1 December 1991. On 12 September 1991, the parliament adopted the law "On
742-592: The Orange Revolution and the campaign for the 2007 parliamentary election Party of Regions, OU-PSD and BYuT all promised to strip lawmakers of their parliamentary immunity. In June 2008 the parliament failed to adopt the Bill on restriction of privileges for deputies and introduction of imperative mandate . 192 people's deputies voted "for" the bill submitted by the BYuT faction out of 436 deputies registered in
795-605: The President of Ukraine , impeaches the president, declares war and peace, appoints the Prime Minister of Ukraine , appoints or confirms certain officials, appoints one-third of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine , ratifies and denounces international treaties, and exercises certain control functions. The Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that the Verkhovna Rada is authorized to fulfil its functions under
848-533: The Second World War , the building was reconstructed from 1945 to 1947, with the rebuilt glass dome one metre higher than the original. The Verkhovna Rada is the sole body of legislative power in Ukraine. The parliament determines the principles of domestic and foreign policy, introduces amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine , adopts laws, approves the state budget , designates elections for
901-537: The next election to the Verkhovna Rada , set to be held after the Russian invasion of Ukraine ends, again will be held under a proportional scheme. The name Rada ( Ukrainian : Рада ) means "council". The institution originated in the time of Kievan Rus' and then represented a council of boyars and of the higher clergy. In the 17th and 18th centuries the Dnieper Cossacks used the term to refer to
954-499: The Central Election Commission shall be a permanent state body, which, in compliance with the Constitution of Ukraine, ensures the arrangements and the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the all-Ukrainian referendums. The Central Election Commission also provides advisory-methodological support of elections and local referendums to local councils, village, town, city mayors. It supervises
1007-506: The Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent and independent collegiate body of the Ukrainian state that acts on the basis of the Constitution of Ukraine, the laws of Ukraine and is responsible for organizing the arrangements and the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the local elections at all levels, managing the all-Ukrainian and local referendums according to
1060-501: The Commission as of 1 January 2005 were: 50°25′40″N 30°32′28″E / 50.42778°N 30.54111°E / 50.42778; 30.54111 Verkhovna Rada Supported by (36) Opposition (71) Others (63) Vacant (46) The Verkhovna Rada ( / v ər ˈ k ɔː v n ə ˈ r ɑː d ə / ; VR ), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , the unicameral parliament of Ukraine . The Verkhovna Rada has over 450 deputies , who are presided over by
1113-629: The Commission shall have higher education in the field of law. The first election commission in Ukraine was created in 1917 as an Electoral Bureau of the General Secretary of Internal Affairs and was headed by Mykhailo Kovenko . It prepared elections to the Ukrainian Constituent Assembly , which were interrupted by the Ukrainian-Soviet War . In 1989 the modern election commission was created under
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#17327756170141166-478: The Law on Regulations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The latest version of the document was adopted on 16 December 2012, in which through the initiative of the President of Ukraine amendments were made concerning registration and voting by parliamentarians. 2012 became a year of numerous changes in regards to the document, among which were changes to the election of the chairman. Bills are usually considered following
1219-585: The Legal Succession of Ukraine". Thus, the VR became the Supreme Council of Ukraine . The Constitution of Ukraine was adopted by the thirteenth convocation of the Verkhovna Rada on 28 June 1996, at approximately 9 a.m. local time. The parliament's fourteenth convocation officially changed the numbering of the convocations proclaiming itself the third (democratic and independent) convocation of
1272-481: The Rada may enact an ad hoc deviation from this composition rule. The chairman presides over parliamentary sessions, signs bills and sends them to the President for promulgation , signs and promulgates parliamentary acts (other than bills), organises staff work, etc. The chairman is also empowered to call special sessions of parliament, enact bills vetoed by the President when the Verkhovna Rada votes to overturn
1325-478: The Verkhovna Rada and local councils of people's deputies were held on 4 March 1990. Although the Communist Party still remained in control, a " Democratic Bloc " was formed by numerous parties, including People's Movement of Ukraine ( Rukh ), Helsinki Watch Committee of Ukraine , Party of Greens of Ukraine , and many others. The twelfth convocation of the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR issued
1378-401: The Verkhovna Rada are known officially as "People's deputies of Ukraine". According to the "Law on elections of national deputies of Ukraine", a citizen of Ukraine may become a People's Deputy if he or she has, on the day of the election, a) reached 21 years of age; b) political franchise; c) resided in Ukraine for the last five years. Deputies have the right to free transportation, free use of
1431-679: The Verkhovna Rada's rules and procedures. Only 15 or more deputies may form a parliamentary faction and an MP may be a member of only one faction at a time. The chairman and his two vice-chairmen may not be the heads of factions. Under current parliamentary rules a faction of non-partisan politicians can not be smaller than the smallest faction of a political party. Deputies who are expelled from factions or decide to leave them to become individual lawmakers; individual deputies are allowed to unite into parliamentary groups of people's deputies that again have at least 15 deputies. Several influential parties have been founded after originally being formed as
1484-445: The Verkhovna Rada, a mixed voting system was used. 50% of seats were distributed under party lists with a 5% election threshold and 50% through first-past-the-post in single-member constituencies . The method of 50/50 mixed elections was used in 2002, 2012, 2014 and 2019 elections; however, in 2006 and 2007, the elections were held under a proportional system only. According to the election law that became valid on 1 January 2020,
1537-412: The Verkhovna Rada. After the Orange Revolution , constitutional amendments were adopted in December 2004, by the fourth (fifteenth) convocation of the Verkhovna Rada. On 1 October 2010, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine overturned the 2004 Amendments, considering them unconstitutional. On 21 February 2014, parliament reinstated the December 2004 amendments to the constitution. In 2017 and 2018,
1590-406: The basis of equal and direct universal suffrage through a secret ballot. All members of parliament are grouped into parliamentary factions and groups. Members of parliament who were elected from a certain party list are not necessarily members of that party. Parties that break the 5% electoral threshold form factions in the parliament. The formation of official parliamentary factions is regulated by
1643-547: The condition that at least two-thirds of its constitutional composition (300 or more people's deputies) are elected. In Ukraine there are no requirements for the minimum number of signatures (of deputies) to register a bill. In general the parliament adopts about 200 bills per year. An average of five to six bills are registered daily in parliament. As a result of this in the spring of 2019 parliament had more than 10 thousand registered and under consideration bills it had yet to debate. All procedural regulations are contained in
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1696-519: The council was Mykhailo Burmystenko who later died during World War II . In 1938, a Presidium was elected by the council that was chaired by Leonid Korniyets . The Presidium represented the council whenever it was not in session. During the war, the Presidium was evacuated to the city of Saratov in the Russian SFSR . On 29 June 1943, the Presidium issued an order postponing elections for
1749-523: The first convocation of the "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". The current parliament is the ninth convocation. Because of the war in Donbas and the unilateral annexation of Crimea by Russia, elections for the constituencies situated in Donbas and Crimea were not held in the 2014 and 2019 elections ; hence the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada consists of 424 deputies. In the last elections to
1802-464: The first day of a new session of the Rada. In the original Ukrainian: Присягаю на вірність Україні. Зобов'язуюсь усіма своїми діями боронити суверенітет і незалежність України, дбати про благо Вітчизни і добробут Українського народу. Присягаю додержуватися Конституції України та законів України, виконувати свої обов'язки в інтересах усіх співвітчизників. English translation: I swear allegiance to Ukraine. I commit myself with all my deeds to protect
1855-413: The following 13 members of the Central Election Commission on 20 September 2018: Former members of the Commission were appointed by the parliament on 8 December 2004. This appointment was an integral part of the legislative package to resolve the presidential election crisis in Ukraine. These members supervised the repeat of the second round of the presidential elections on 26 December 2004. Members of
1908-620: The hall of official delegations, free housing, free medical services and free vacations at health spas . Each deputy is allowed to have up to 31 assistants-consultants four out of them are allowed to be admitted into the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada. Until 2019, the Ukrainian President , Prime Minister, members of the government and deputies all had parliamentary immunity and agents of law enforcement were prohibited from searching their homes or following them. During
1961-424: The local elections at all levels as well as the local referendums. The Commission discharges its mandate independently, separately from other government authorities, municipalities, officials and public officers. In November 1997 a new state institution, the Central Election Commission, was established according to the Constitution requirements. The Law of Ukraine "On the Central Election Commission" stipulates that
2014-721: The meetings where major decisions were made; the Cossacks elected new councils by popular vote. The Ukrainian People's Republic between 17 March 1917 and 29 April 1918 had a Central Rada . The West Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian government-in-exile each had a UNRada (Ukrainian National Rada). The current name of the parliament derives from the Soviet practice of calling national parliament and parliaments of its constituent republics Supreme Soviets ( Russian : Верховный совет , romanized : Verkhovnyy soviet ). Like in many other Soviet republics, Verkhovna Rada
2067-547: The nation. Presidential elections Presidential elections The current Central Election Commission approved by parliament on 4 October 2019 includes 17 members: On 5 October 2018 14 new members began to exercise their powers (the Ukrainian parliament had appointed on 20 September 2018 ): In April 2014 parliament had already appointed: As of 20 September 2018 one seat was vacant. All members (appointed on 20 September 2018 and since) were dismissed by parliament on 13 September 2019. The Ukrainian parliament dismissed
2120-630: The new convocation for one year while extending the first convocation. On 8 January 1944, the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR in agreement with the Communist Party decided to relocate the Presidium of the Supreme Council from Kharkiv to Kyiv. New elections were scheduled for 9 February 1947 for the Council. Until 24 August 1991, Verkhovna Rada kept the name Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR . The first partially free elections to
2173-452: The number of districts changed to 225. Each electoral district includes around 120-180 smaller electoral precincts (dilnytsi). Beside the national level elections the country conducts local elections as well. Each region ( oblast or Autonomous Republic Crimea ), district ( raion ), urban or rural settlement (see Administrative divisions of Ukraine ) has its own council (rada) amounting altogether to some 12,088 councils of various size across
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2226-404: The official residence of the President of Ukraine . After the transfer of the capital of the Ukrainian SSR from Kharkiv to Kyiv in 1934, a whole set of government buildings was planned for the city. In 1936, a contest for the construction of the new parliament building was won by architect Volodymyr Zabolotny . The original building was constructed from 1936 to 1938. Having been destroyed in
2279-663: The plenary hall. The factions of the opposition Party of Regions, as well as the CPU and the Lytvyn Bloc, voted against, the OU-PSD faction voted partially "for" and the BYUT faction voted unanimously "for". A proposal to send the bill for the first reading for a second time also did not find support. In May 2009 the second Tymoshenko Government approved a bill amending the Law on the status of
2332-462: The principles of legality, independence, objectivity, competence, professionalism, collegial decision-making, reliability, openness and transparency. The activities of the Commission are carried out openly and publicly. The Commission has its own publication - "The Bulletin of the Central Election Commission". The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appoints and terminates the authority of the CEC members upon
2385-440: The procedure and within the legal framework defined by the laws of Ukraine. The Commission manages the system of election commissions and referendum commissions established to arrange and conduct the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the all-Ukrainian referendums. The Commission supervises activities and provides the advisory and methodological support to the commissions established to arrange and conduct
2438-546: The procedure of three readings; the President of Ukraine must sign a law before it can be officially promulgated . Until 2017 the parliament appointed and dismissed judges from their posts and permitted detention or arrest of judges (those powers were transferred to the High Council of Justice ). The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral legislature with 450 people's deputies ( Ukrainian : народний депутат ) elected on
2491-400: The proposal of the President of Ukraine. The presidential submission on the CEC members shall take into account the nominee proposals of current parliamentary factions and groups. Composition The Commission consists of 17 CEC members (prior to September 2018 15 members). The Commission functions on a regular basis. Member of the Commission is a public officer. Each member is appointed for
2544-463: The sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, to provide for the good of the Motherland and for the welfare of the Ukrainian people. I swear to abide by the Constitution of Ukraine and the laws of Ukraine, to carry out my duties in the interests of all compatriots. The Verkhovna Rada elects from among its ranks a Chairman (Speaker; Ukrainian : Голова Верховної Ради ), a First Deputy Chairman, and
2597-492: The system of election commissions established to arrange and conduct the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the all-Ukrainian referendums , coordinates their activities. The Central Election Commission is an independent state body. In order to perform its functions the Commission is entitled to enable the involvement of public authorities at all levels into the implementation of this extremely important state activity. The Commission performs its duties on
2650-429: The website of the Verkhovna Rada was the most popular among all websites of the parliaments of UN member states . The Verkhovna Rada meets in a neo-classical building on Kyiv's vulytsia Mykhaila Hrushevskoho (Mykhaila Hrushevsky Street) and Ploshcha Konstytutsii (Constitution Square). The building adjoins Mariinskyi Park and the 18th century Mariinskyi Palace , designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli , which serves as
2703-479: The years several local millionaires have been members of the Rada. In early 2020, Servant of the People announced plans to reduce the number of deputies from the current 450 to 300. An initial vote regarding this initiative garnered 236 votes in favor, 40 against, and 86 abstentions. Before assuming office, the deputies must take the following oath before the leadership of the Rada and fellow deputies on
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#17327756170142756-509: Was 25% as of 2014. Ukraine made further progress in this area in the 2019 elections, following which 21% of the Rada was female. On 20 March 2022, the activities of the main opposition party, Opposition Platform — For Life were suspended by the National Security and Defense Council for the period of martial law due to allegations of having ties to Russia made by the Council during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Members of
2809-476: Was initiated by its Central Executive Committee , which it elected and held accountable. The last chairman of the committee was Hryhoriy Petrovsky (also known as Grigoriy Petrovskiy in Russian transliteration). The first elections to the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR took place on 26 June 1938. The first session of the parliament took place in Kyiv from 25 July through to 28 July 1938. The first Chairman of
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