Article Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman online newspaper "Zerkalo Nedeli": "The new Constitution - the only safeguard against dictatorship" Article
Vladimir Groisman wrote that decentralization will help Ukraine to break with the totalitarian past and why it is so afraid of some policies ready to think about the reform most fantastic tales. Co.nstytutsiynyy Court gave a positive opinion on the draft amendments to the Constitution of decentralization. Thus finally been given the green light to the reform, which aims to complete the formation of Ukraine European standards of local self-government. We have a chance to make a move to a European future to which we so seek. Green pWheatley? Yes, but almost! For the final launch of this reform, which Ukraine implement and it failed for all the years of independence and is only now able to approach its implementation as never close, we now only two postpone the vote in Parliament. Only two - at least 226 votes in the current session in August and 300 in the next, apparentlyin September and October. On the eve of the two extremely important votes would like to publicly appeal to fellow MPs call to recognize the role of history in Ukraine they are going to choose for ourselves - supporting reform or blocking it. It is a question of really historic vote. Create a full local governmentuvannya ever fail line under our Soviet and post-Soviet past and will do irreversible transformation of Ukraine into a true European state. The failure of this reform also throw Ukraine back for years or even decades ago. Unfortunately, the critical importance of this reform for the European development of Ukraine is not always understood. CnRava is that all of us, some more, some less of his life lived in the Soviet and post-Soviet society. Therefore, we do not fully understand that strong local governments - based on European democratic culture and the fuse of any attempts to usurp power. All totalitarian regimes tried to accidentally destroy the local waygovernment, or at least limit its development. They all means wanted to limit social activity of people, and the more general activity of associations. They sought to transform society in a controlled and managed mass isolated from each other individuals, which, in the apt expression of an outstanding scholar of totalitarianismHannah Arendt, " individual is the only one who sleeps & quot ;. For such modes of local government, which brings conscious and active citizens, which teaches them to act together, which gives them a sense of their right to influence the government and control its actions - worst enemy. The totalitarian model of social life, which was laythe Soviet regime - a sort of " matrix & quot ;. Years pass, and " matrix " lives - in our heads, in our fear (about this - later!) in our habits, in elements of social organization that surrounds us today. And this " matrix & quot ;, as long as it is not broken, and again revives itself - in the form of new post-mode. Stop playing this regime itself, de usurpation of power will never happen completely until between state and citizen not arise fuse - full local government. It is in this lies the key role of local government reform for our future and the risk of failure. Do not reform - will launch Mr.ovyy cycle: usurpation again - once mode - square again. Only have finally we all should understand that after each round of this we all fall lower and lower and depletes the society more and more! If the reform is implemented - and I firmly believe this - and the community finally get a full self-return system is old Ohis impossible. Anyone who has felt the taste of freedom will never again become a slave system. We get full, strong civil society, which is the basis of any genuine democracies. Strong and stable - such that we want to see and Ukraine. And when we find ourselves already one step away from truly revolutionary change systEMI public power in Ukraine, began sounding voices that urge us to stop and do this step! Do not do because it is the opposite of the alleged usurpation ...! The paradox is that the Venice Commission, is not the most authoritative international institutions in matters of constitutional law, recognized changes in the Constitution as being fully responsibleTh European standards, and some of our domestic professional lawyers saw them only negative. The proposed changes supported by numerous European and international experts, but it is also, as it turns out, is not an argument for some of our politicians, although they still always declared its willingness to listen to European partners. Moreover, changes inConstitution of decentralization welcomed all three leading associations of local governments, and our criticism of constitutional changes which sometimes have only theoretical idea of ??how the local government continue to claim his own. To have taken place, and against Baba Yaga! I do not believe that we are talking about an open falsehoodtion. Currently not want to believe! I hope that those who oppose constitutional changes only manages the fear, which I mentioned above. Because of this fear of usurpation of power, which we have already almost at the genetic level, we are sometimes ready to see it, even where it is not the case. We see caricatures monsters that are only fruit of our own imagination. And thisfear, like any fear, binds, prevents go ahead, forcing fear once again deceived. Significantly greater threat - and not virtual, but absolutely real - arise if we do not do this step. Potakannya own far-fetched fear - a political infantilism, which can lead to state sufficiently dire consequences. I would like toonce noted that at stake is not only the fate of local government reform. At stake is much more. It so happened that it was the fate of local government reform has become a litmus test for, that our society and our international partners to appreciate the potential of Ukraine to go the European way. Life and heldfor we can not stand still. We can go forward or back roll away. Ukraine Lost years - this is the year when we do not dare to go forward and as a result fell into deeper abyss. Once again say: " Let's wait, we are not ready, where we hurry! &Quot; - It is, in my opinion, does not care, and appeal to even deeper padinnya. The consequence of a possible failure to vote on amendments to the Constitution, the failure of decentralization reform - and I repeat, that in such a scenario, I do not believe it! - Can be, above all, very disappointed Ukrainian society. People criticize the government for being too slow reform - but they have not lost hope. The first step towards decentralization already occur - at least to some extent - felt. The dynamics of the integration of Commons says that reform is gradually gaining momentum. Sociology shows that over the past year and a half and changed public perception of reforms - it became one of the most demanded and expected. Did you try to tighten the stop valve potides, which has gained momentum ?! Stop decentralization reform appears unavoidable and faith in the success of other reforms. To those who spoke about the work shnoyi Parliament and of shnyu coalition, but there is one fact, which is difficult to argue - still no truly reform law was not defeated! Thus, not all of what they should take,already accepted. To implement the reform program should take several hundred laws. Not all of them prepared. Not all of those who registered, of good quality, and therefore still processed. But what is really necessary and which was achieved adequate quality, came out into the hall and supported. But this was only a preliminary examination! Nowcame the moment of truth. Changes to the Constitution - is the first decision of this level, which really needs a consolidated position of MPs. Consolidated 300 votes. And not even the position of the party and civil. This is a test for the Ukrainian Parliament and for each deputy. By the way it is compiled each deputy dyvytymetAre not only all Ukrainian society will see our friends and partners and our enemies. This is a test for Ukraine on its willingness to conduct truly systemic reforms. I deliberately did not bring again to counter those attacks that sound to the amendments to the Constitution. Already all the arguments presented again. Already it said. And anyone who wanted to hear those Argumenty, they heard. Only on one point would say finally. On the fake on the special status of Donbass in the Constitution. So - no special status there! Who does not believe - let again vychytaye draft amendments to the Constitution and he is satisfied. In the transitional provisions is a reference to the Law on Local Self-Government featuresin some regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Features local government and special status is not the same thing. The powers of local government established by the Constitution, and special features concerning the status of implementation of public functions and empowerment territory partly state grounds. In other words, features Estsevoho government does not affect the unitary Ukrainian state, and the special status of this autonomization and step to federalization. This difference would have to understand our MPs, including many legal specialists! Again, I do not want to believe that is a deliberate substitution of notions. Do the same fears ?! Is another manifestation of our political infantylizmu ?! I think that most of my fellow MPs understand that, since aggression in eastern Ukraine, Russia did not come only Donbas. Its aim was and is to prevent the transformation of Ukraine into a successful European country, against which everyone will understand poverty created in RF mode. War or its constant threat - a way to drain the economy of Ukraineus, demoralize its citizens, hamper the process of reforms. One of the traps that we placed are binding decentralization reform to the issue of Donbass. we almost escaped this trap. As a result of considerable diplomatic efforts we have achieved that lies in the amendments to the Constitution (transitional provisions) of the local formula for samov-government in parts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions recognized by the international community as a step to fulfill Minsk Ukraine agreement (which, incidentally, has not led to the delight of Russia). We found their answer in their hybrid hybrid war! Now that our international partners have an additional argument pressure on Russia to force it to stop andhresiyu. Meanwhile, we have the opportunity to reform, to reform the decentralization needed millions of Ukrainian, not only and not Donbass. But I again used the word " about & quot ;. Almost, because our own hands we can drive yourself back to the trap, which simply could not find the exit. The fact that these changes to the Constitution slid take, almost in unison shouting Russians and their mercenaries in the East - it is clear why, and some of our deputies. Why scream past? Not clear. And this is another reason to think about what position to take in support of changes to the Constitution. I am sure that a possible failure of the vote in Russia would applaud. And not only because we have our own districtukamy stop one of the most undesirable of our reforms. We have also to give our enemies an excuse to charge extra Ukraine unwilling to perform the Minsk agreement, and then link to the peculiarities of local government, we have not exactly vidbudemos. It turns out that at the point when the vote be held on changes to ConConstitution in terms of decentralization, many different converging lines that affect the future of Ukraine. This fork, turning point. That is why I appeal to fellow MPs - like pathetic as it may sound, this your vote will determine the fate of Ukraine. Who are you - those who do not want to release Ukraine with hugs " big brother & quot ;, orthose who want to open her doors to its European future? This was reported in the Vinnytsia Regional State AdministrationSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/