Rahanskyi: We have no People's deputies today

Author: Serhiy Doiko

Anatoliy Rahanskyi former MP and honorable member of PACE stated in an interview with the IMC.

The politician explained what he meant: "You know, in a way as factions are formed today, they will never work. Look how people get there: brother, godfather, father, son and etc. Today proportional system is necessary, with the help of which a man must represent a party from election district. Such system works in the USA, France, Great Britain, and Poland. But present Ukrainian party leaders don't want such system. They are afraid to go to election district. As nobody will elect them there. A man will be elected, whom voters know, whom they believe that this MP will not hide from people and will serve party, which he represents".

Rahanskyi also made some examples: "You heard for sure that in Saky a week ago deputy of district council was shot. And now just think, he was shot and now everywhere it is written that he had a trail of serious criminal, and he is bad and so on. And why did it happen so? Because this deputy was in the list of the party, but nobody saw him in this list. For example, if there are 10-15 parties, then each party represents 250-300 candidacies, and how can a voter sort out such lists? That's why they vote for a party, but not for deputies".

And another example: "I am former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada took a resident of Eupatoria to Institute of Amosov for cure. I just asked him, why they don't address deputies? And he answered: "And who is a deputy?" We don't have a deputy! And the party also says, like, it's not our business..."

"Just answer how deputies in VRU can be appointed to districts? Deputies are elected, but not appointed! But they say, like "I'm appointed". "How this can be? People don't know them there, they are strangers there," Anatoliy Rahinskyi said.