On June, 17, 2021, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported with 319 votes a draft law on introducing amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Political Parties in Ukraine” (No 5253-1). It aims to improve legal regulation of party finance. The document supported by the Parliament is an alternative to the draft law of Ukraine “On Introducing Changes to the Law of Ukraine “On Political Parties in Ukraine” to improve the procedures for termination of government funding for statutory activities of pol...

On June, 1, 2021, the Central Election Commission received documents from the meeting of Ukraine’s citizens on holding a national referendum by popular initiative on the question: “Do you support a ban on the sale of land of agricultural designation to anyone in addition to the state of Ukraine?” Upon considering the documents, and on the basis of the respective reports from the CEC members attending the meeting, the Commission ruled a Resolution on June, 11, 2021, to reject the registration ...

How to prevent authoritarianism and how the elective democracy can prevent authoritarian leaders from power, and how elections can be organized after an armed conflict and protect voter rights – the aspects were tackled in a discussion on “Ensuring Sustainability of Democracy Through Elections: Prospects and Challenges,” a part of the “Democracy in Action” conference.

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On June, 7-8, the Democracy in Action conference took place. During the discussion on “Ensuring Sustainable Democracy Through Elections: Prospects and Challenges” event participants discussed global solutions for the development of democracy and elections. Civil Network OPORA co-organized the conference.

On May, 20, a plenary session of the Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine took place on the motion from 45 people’s deputies who qualified as unconstitutional the lack of majoritarian election system at parliamentary elections. During the open part of the session, the members of the proceedings took the floor, followed by the involved participants – people’s deputies, representatives of the Central Election Commission, and experts from dedicated NGOs. Olha Aivazovska, Chair of...

On May 19, the CEC decided to implement the Resolution of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court of Ukraine to cancel its protocol on the results of the by-elections of the People's Deputy of Ukraine, and drew up a new protocol. The winner of the election was Vasyl Virastiuk ("Servant of the People" party), who received 14,811 votes. According to the new protocol, the candidate from the "For the Future" party, Oleksandr Shevchenko, won 13,942 votes.

Regulation of procedures of electoral campaigning and publicity is enshrined in the Electoral Code (adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of the 9 th convocation) mostly repeats the provisions of the electoral law adopted over 10 years before its approval, and does not comply with the current conditions of media activities.