Power Institutions of Ukraine

The President of Ukraine

The Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that President is the head of the State. He is a guarantee of State sovereign, its territorial unity, the leadership of Constitution, rights and freedoms of peoples and a citizen. Ukrainian citizens elect the President for 5 years on equity of the vote right. The resident must be a citizen of Ukraine, must have lived in Ukraine for not less then 10 years before the elections, has a right to vote and speaks State language. The President can not be elected for 2 terms without a break.

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

The only Legislative Body of Ukraine is Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine - Ukrainian Parliament. People of Ukraine on equity of the vote elect people's deputies right in mixed system (majority - proportion one).

450 People's Deputies are elected. 225 of them are elected on one-mandate districts, 225 - those who are elected by parties lists in multi-mandate whole-Ukraine district on equity of proportional representation.

Ukrainian Constitution and laws set the rights of People's Deputies. PDs may unite into factions and groups on a condition that every group and faction consists of not less then 25 members.

PDs' groups may not form only on principles of parties' membership. All the groups unite PDs of similar views and thoughts on state and social-economic development of the country.

The Government of Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Ukrainian Government) is the High Body of Executive Power of Ukraine. It acts according to the Constitution , laws of Ukraine, President's Decrees. The Government is amenable to the President of Ukraine, controlled by Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The Presidents appoints and resigns the Prime Minister on the agreement of Verkhovna Rada. The President appoints and resigns ministers on a proffer of the Prime Minister.

The Parliament adopts the budget, elaborated and presented by the Government, adopts resolution about budget realization, adopts or rejects the Program of the Government Activity, controls its work.

Judiciary

Constitutional Court and courts of general jurisdiction. The Supreme Court is the highest judiciary body. Courts are the only bodies to provide justice in Ukraine. The system of courts is based on the territorial and specification principles.

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine is separate and independent from courts of general jurisdiction. It cannot be a court of Appeal, Cassation and Observation. The activity of the Constitutional Court provides constitutional control in all the spheres.