Mission and Authority
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The Verkhovna Rada is the sole body of legislative power in Ukraine. The parliament determines the principles of domestic and foreign policy, introduces amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, adopts laws, approves the state budget, designates elections of the President of Ukraine, impeaches the president, declares war and peace, appoints the Prime Minister of Ukraine, appoints or approves appointment of certain officials, appoints one-third of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, elects judges for permanent terms, ratifies and denounces international treaties, and exercises certain control functions.
Voting for other deputies is prohibited by law. Deputies have stated they could not have taken part in votes although their votes were registered in parliament. A bill on introducing voting of lawmakers with help of a touch-sensitive key was not passed in mid-March 2011. In April 2011 a vote of a deputy was registered although the man had died four days before the voting.
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