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1) vote of nonconfidence to the Supreme
Council;
2) the President’s right to dissolve the
Supreme Council in case it fails to form a
constant majority or approve the state budget;
3) cancellation of the deputy’s privilege;
4) reduction of quantity of deputies from 450
to 300;
5) the establishment of the upper chamber of
the Supreme Council as a representative of
regions;
6) approval of Constitution of Ukraine at All-
Ukrainian referendum.
The referendum results were as follows:
The second issue - 85%; the third issue –
89%; the fourth issue – 90%; the fifth issue –
82% of voters. Thus, most voters supported
the referendum issues, but there were not
specific mechanisms of their implementation
to Constitution of Ukraine. They remained
nothing more than wishes.
December, 15 The resolution of Chornobyl NPP closing
2000 down. It was an act of good will of Ukraine.
Governments of Western countries promised
to provide assistance as compensation for loss
of electric power volumes due to Chornobyl
NPP closing down. However, Ukraine did not
get the promised financial support in full.
March, “The cassette scandal”. Major
2001 Melnychenko’s cassette records appeared
abroad. The records charged L. Kuchma with
his involvement in G. Gongadze’s
disappearance. The latter was a famous

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