Press

16.03.2009

Half of respondents do not believe that changes to the Constitution of Ukraine need to be urgently introduced this year

  • 48.9% of respondents believe that the issue of reforming the Constitution of Ukraine is not timely this year, and only 23.8% are convinced that it is relevant this year. 27.3% could not answer this question.
  • At the same time, 63.4% are confident that amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine should be approved only by a nationwide referendum, 12.1% — by a vote in the Verkhovna Rada, 2.9% — by the signature of the President, 1.2% — by the signature of the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. 18.7% were undecided on this issue.
  • 47.3% of respondents do not support calling early elections to the Verkhovna Rada, 36.3% support them, and 16.4% are undecided.
  • At the same time, 52.7% support calling early presidential elections, while 35.6% do not support them. 11.7% are undecided.
  • Respondents evaluate the work of V. Lytvyn as Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada the most positively (25.1%), and the work of V. Stelmakh as Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine the least positively (6.8%).
  • 72.7% of respondents negatively evaluate the work of V. Yushchenko as President, and 68.8% negatively evaluate the work of Y. Tymoshenko as Prime Minister. Slightly more respondents evaluate V. Yushchenko’s work as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces positively (15.4%) than his work as President of Ukraine (12.3%).
  • A quarter of respondents know nothing about the activity of R. Bohatyriova in the position of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. At the same time, 12.2% evaluate her work positively, and 42.8% negatively.
  • 9.7% positively evaluate the work of O. Medvedko as Prosecutor General, and 62.3% negatively.

Methodology

  • Survey date: 4–14 March 2009
  • Sample size: 2016
  • Age of respondents: 18+
  • Regions: all regions of Ukraine
  • Margin of error: up to 3.3%
Contact form

Have questions?

Please, fill in the form below and we will reach out to you soon.

Дякуємо! Ваша заявка отримана, ми зв'яжемося з вами у найближчий час.
Ой! Під час відправлення форми сталася помилка.