Ukrainian Pres submits bill on election of local deputies under majority sys

Under the proportional system that was applied here in the years 2006 through 2009, local councils were filled with politicians running on party tickets. These people very often "didn't have anything to do with the residents of territorial communities" they were supposed to represent, the press service said.
Deputy Secretary of the Presidential Secretariat, Marina Stavniychuk who simultaneously represents President Yushchenkp in the country's Constitution Court, said on the situation: "This is why Yushchenko proposes to elect concrete people rather than party name plates for representing the interests of communities on councils from the local level through to the regional level and in the legislature of the Atonomous Republic of the Crimea", Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.