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- secures state independence, national security, human rights and
freedoms;
- represents the state in foreign relations, conducts negotiations and
concludes international treaties of Ukraine;
- signs laws adopted by the Verkhovna Rada;
- appoints and discharges the Procurator General of Ukraine with the
consent of Verkhovna Rada.
The one-housed parliament - the Verkhovna Rada is the only body
of the legislative power in Ukraine. There are 450 people’s deputies who
are elected for a term of 5 years on the basis of universal, equal and direct
suffrage by secret ballot. Successive elections of the Verkhovna Rada
shall be conducted on the last Sunday of last month of the fifth year of the
term of the parliament.
The Verkhovna Rada works on a session basis. Regular sessions are
commenced each year on the first Tuesday of February and on the first
Tuesday of September. The presiding officer is the Chairman of the
Verkhovna Rada.
The Verkhovna Rada’s main function is making laws. Law draft
work is performed in Committees.
The Verkhovna Rada appoints:
- the Prime-Minister according to the proposition of the President
with the consent of the majority or the coalition of deputies’ groups of the
Verkhovna Rada;
- members of the Cabinet according to the proposition of the Prime-
Minister;
- Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs according to the
proposition of the President.
The Verkhovna Rada adopts the State Budget for the period from
January 1 to December 31 and controls the execution of it.
The highest body of the executive power is the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine. It is responsible to the President and to the Verkhovna Rada
and is accountable to the Verkhovna Rada.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine:
- carries out the domestic and foreign policy of the State, the
fulfillment of the Constitution as well as the acts of the President;
- develops and fulfills national programs on the economic, scientific
and technological, social and cultural development of Ukraine;
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