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East European Constitutional Review |
 | | The presidential election, a dramatic parliamentary crisis, and a controver-sial constitutional referendum have shaken the Ukrainian political scene. |
 | | In the election's first round of voting for the presidency on October 31, 1999, incumbent Leonid Kuchma received 36 percent of the vote, while his main rival, Petro Simonenko, of the Communist Party (CP), garnered 22 percent. |
 | | On December 15, Petro Simonenko appealed to parlia-ment, demanding it launch impeachment proceedings against Kuchma and declaring the decree an "act of national treason." On December 16, representatives of the leftist factions threatened to boycott parliamentary sessions unless a discussion of the decree was included in the parliamentary agenda. |
| www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol9num_onehalf/constitutionwatch/ukraine.html (2370 words) |
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