The next stage of the political reform is the reform
of local government, as Ukraine’s Prime Minister Victor Yanukovych declared
speaking on the extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers.
According to him, this reform, first of all, provides
for redistribution of obligations and commissions between central and local
power. “We will follow the way of decentralization of the power. Local councils
must receive real economic and legislative instruments to solve regional
problems. It is the only way to a break in development of the regions,” the
Head of the government stated.
According to him, every step made jointly by all
branches of the power leads to democratization. “As Churchill said, democracy is
a process. Hence, the law on Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is a starting
device of democratic executive power. I am sure, that the President and the
parliament understand this now,” Yanukovych said.
He is convinced that all branches of the power would
not let anybody “to ruin the democratic process.”
