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Referendums in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Constitution, are one of the lawful forms of expression of people's will.
Referendums are organized by population initiative of no less than 3 million voters. The referendums are designated by either the Parliament or the President. Any change to the territory of Ukraine can be resolved solely by a national referendum.
Referendum of independence, 1991
On December 1, 1991, a referendum, initiated by parliament of Ukraine, took place. On August 26, 1991, the parliament adopted the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, and the referendum was called with a question: "Do you support the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine". Of registered voters, 84.18% participated in the referendum, and 90.32% of them answered "Yes".
Referendum of Kuchma, 2000
On April 16, 2000, an All-Ukrainian referendum took place, which was called by the President
- 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" on all four questions.
- Questions of the referendum Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- Results of the referendum Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
Referendums on NATO and Common Economic Space
In December 2006, the Central Electoral Committee of Ukraine recognized as valid more than 3 million voters' signatures which were collected in the call for the Referendum on Ukraine joining
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In February 2014, President Yanukovych fled Ukraine amid the
NATO officials vowed support for Ukraine and worked to downplay tensions between the bloc and Russia, which refused to recognize the impeachment of Yanukovych or the Yatsenyuk Government.[10] In late February 2014, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO, reaffirmed that NATO membership is still an option for Ukraine.[11]
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On 29 August 2015, Baturyn Andrii posted an electronic petition No.22/000052 [73] to the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko requesting to run a referendum to join NATO. Petition achieved required 25 000 of votes to be considered. President reply mentions that "One of the main priorities of Ukraine's foreign policy is to deepen cooperation with NATO to achieve the criteria required for membership in this organization. Today we carry out security sector reform in Ukraine to reach NATO standards and to strengthen the country's defense system, which is necessary to counter Russian aggression. Once Ukraine fulfills all the necessary criteria to join the Alliance, final decision on this important issue will be approved by the Ukrainian people in a referendum".[74]
In February 2017, President Poroshenko announced a referendum (given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians favor such a move) to be held during his presidency.[75][76]
See also
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- ^ GEOPOLITICAL ORIENTATIONS OF RESIDENTS OF UKRAINE: RESULTS OF A TELEPHONE SURVEY CONDUCTED ON JULY 6-20, 2022
- ^ THIRTEENTH NATIONAL SURVEY: FOREIGN POLICY ORIENTATIONS (JUNE 18-19, 2022)
- ^ IRI NATIONAL SURVEY: PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY OF RESIDENTS OF UKRAINE (JUNE 2022)
- ^ IRI NATIONAL SURVEY: PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY OF RESIDENTS OF UKRAINE (JUNE 2022)
- ^ THE SEVENTH NATIONAL POLL: UKRAINE DURING THE WAR (MARCH 30-31, 2022)
- ^ THE FOURTH NATIONAL POLL OF UKRAINIANS DURING THE WAR (MARCH 12-13, 2022)
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