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President: Constitutional reform should include public opinion

President Viktor Yushchenko sure that the constitutional reform must include the results of public discussion held in the autumn, he said at his press conference, presidential pres office reported.

He reminded that popular steps in that field were lifting parliamentary immunity, introducing bicameral parliament and returning to majority system at local elections and open-lists system at parliamentary elections.

"All these positions were forwarded by the President of Ukraine to the Parliament", reminded Victor Yushchenko. "If within one hundred days after submission the Verkhovna Rada fails to consider, adopt and forwarded these alterations to the Constitutional Court, I will initiate a referendum to adopt the National Constitution and dissolve the Parliament", said Victor Yushchenko.