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08-02-2005 19:28 Maidan-INFORM
Over 30,000 Signatures Collected To Recall MP Taras Chornovil

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Citizens of Lviv collected over 30,000 signatures to initiate the recalling of Taras Chornovil, a member of Parliament (Verkhovna Rada), who currently represents this region.

Signatures were being collected in dozens of places in Lviv. The signatures will be collected until March 1, and then directed to the local electoral committee.

Taras Chornivil’s electorate was offended by his allegations as to the falsifications that purportedly took place in Lviv region during the presidential runoff revote on December 26. People are most disappointed at Taras Chornovil’s reluctance to meet with his electorate and failure to react to their appeals over the past year.

The initiative group of Lviv electorate representatives aims to collect 70 thousand signatures.

There has been no precedent in recalling an MP in Ukraine and there is no appropriate legal procedure for doing this. By directing a petition with signatures to the Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Lviv voters hope to have the Ukrainian Parliament react to their initiative.

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