UDAR calls on opposition to agree on join actions in parliament
KYIV. Oct 29 (Interfax) - The UDAR party led by Vitaly Klychko has called on the Ukrainian opposition to work together in the new Ukrainian parliament.
"The UDAR party proposes that democratic forces adopt a plan of joint action in the new parliament. The UDAR party believes this document needs to be signed by the leaders of the opposition forces and every parliamentarian who supports a change of Ukraine's administration and democratic changes," the party said in a report posted on its website.
The party said an indispensable condition of the implementation of this plan is "the removal from power of the regime led by Viktor Yanukovych and the release of political prisoners."
"Today we not only have a common enemy, an authoritarian corrupt regime, but also a common goal to make Ukraine into a modern democratic and fair country," the plan says.
The priority determined by UDAR for turning Ukraine into a full-fledged European democratic state is the elimination of the current "corruption and the introduction of new rules governing the functioning of the country's political and economic systems."
UDAR proposes to change the Ukrainian legislation, specifically, to create an independent anti-corruption agency, which will begin anti-corruption lustration, which will involve the prosecution of corrupt officials, judges, and law enforcement officials.
The plan also proposes to adopt a law on the procedures governing the impeachment of the Ukrainian president and the creation of a provisional investigations commission of the Ukrainian parliament on issues relating to the removal of Viktor Yanukovych from power. "We will begin the procedure for impeaching the current president of the country," the plan says.
The party also proposes to introduce a two-round procedure for electing city mayors and deprive the president and the parliament of appointing judges, giving this right to the Supreme Justice Council.
The document also talks about the reduction of the number of taxes, the creation of incentives for new jobs, a fair pension reform, and the adoption of laws governing the land market.