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The Ternopil Oblast local election, 2009 elections in the Ternopil Oblast regional сouncil, were held on March 15, 2009〔(Тернопільська обласна рада )〕〔(Rada Cancels Early Elections Of Ternopil Regional Council ), Ukrainian News Agency (March 3, 2009)〕 on December 18, 2008, by the Ukrainian Parliament initiated by Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT)〔 (Стаття щодо виборів до Тернопільської облради на сайті газети «День» ), Den (February 7, 2009)〕 but cancelled on 3 March 2009 by the same Parliament,〔 with most members of BYuT voting against holding the snap elections〔 (allegedly because of the fall of the ratings for BYuT).〔(Стаття в «Україні Молодій» ), Україна Молода (February 10, 2009)〕 Following a lawsuit filed by Svoboda the Ternopil oblast` court acknowledged this decision illegal on March 11, 2009.〔(«Українська Правда» )〕 The next day BYuT lodged an appeal in the Lviv Administrative Appeal Court against this decision.〔(BYT appeals against court ruling on Ternopil regional council elections on March 15 ), Interfax-Ukraine (March 12, 2009)〕 On 13 March 2009, President Viktor Yushchenko asked the Constitutional Court to estimate the constitutionality of the Ukrainian Parliament’s decision to cancel the early regional council elections in Ternopil. According to Yuschenko the Constitution reads that Parliament can appoint elections or early elections into the local authorities, but cannot cancel them.〔(Yuschenko Asking Constitutional Court To Estimate Constitutionality Of Cancellation Of Early Ternopil Regional Council Elections By Rada ), Ukrainian News Agency (March 13, 2009)〕 The elections where held on 15 March 2009.〔(Committee of Electors of Ukraine registers no major violations at elections to Ternopil regional council ), Interfax-Ukraine (15 March 2009)〕 The Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko called the election "the presentation of cynical election fraud by (of the Presidential Secretariat Viktor ) Baloha as an expression of the will of the region's citizens".〔(BYT intends to challenge in court results of elections to Ternopil regional council ), Interfax-Ukraine (15 March 2009)〕 Some villages reported cases Party of Regions representatives offering 50 hryvnia per vote.〔 ==Challenging the results== On March 24, the Ternopil district administrative court rejected a lawsuit from the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) challenging the results of the elections. Four days later the Kyiv district administrative court banned the official publication of the result of the elections.〔 On April 7 the Lviv administrative court of appeals ruled to cancel a decision of the Ternopil district administrative court denying consideration of a lawsuit from BYuT against the results of the elections to the Ternopil regional council. The Lviv administrative court of appeals instructed the Ternopil district administrative court to consider the essence of the lawsuit.〔(Lviv Appeal Court Decides To Consider Suit Of BYT Challenging Results Of Elections To Ternopil Regional Council ), Ukrainian News Agency (April 9, 2009)〕 On May 11, 2009 BYuT members gave up their twelve seats in Ternopil regional council. As a result, the number of deputies in the regional Ternopil council became 208. The overall number of mandates in the council still constitutes 120, and all the decisions taken by the majority of the council still has to be passed by no less than 61 votes.〔(BYT MPs give up seats in Ternopil regional council ), Interfax-Ukraine (May 11, 2009)〕 On June 16, 2009 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine deemed the parliamentary resolution on canceling early election to Ternopil Regional Council (of March 3, 2009) unconstitutional. This case was initiated by President Viktor Yuschenko.〔(Constitutional Court deems unconstitutional parliamentary resolution on canceling early election to Ternopil Regional Council ), Interfax-Ukraine (June 16, 2009)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ternopil Oblast local election, 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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