Ukrainian national referendum, 2000
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2000 Ukrainian national referendum (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнський референдум 16 квітня 2000 року) held on April 16, 2000 on the issue of reformation the governing system of Ukraine was formally initiated by President Kuchma and organized by the Central Election Commission on the mass "public initiative" represented by activist groups across the country.
However, that "initiative" is widely perceived as being staged by the oligarchs from Kuchma's inner circle in order to preserve their influence and prevent popular Viktor Yushchenko from winning the next presidential election. The legal grounds and circumstances of the referendum have been hardly questioned by the Ukrainian opposition.
Formally, four questions were asked in the referendum:
- On conditions for dissolution of the parliament
- On immunity of a deputy
- On decrease of the number of parliament deputies
- On introduction of two-chamber parliament
The majority of citizens answered "Yes" to all four questions.
- Questions of the referendum (in Ukrainian)
- Results of the referendum (in Ukrainian)
[edit] See also
- Ukrainian presidential election, 1999
- Ukraine without Kuchma - a protest campaign partially provoked by the unpopular referendum
[edit] External links
- (Ukrainian) 2000 Referendum - Official website by the Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- (English) Constitutional Referendum in Ukraine (2000) - Opinion adopted by the Venice Commission
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