The speaker of the Rada: the amendments to the Constitution does not give special status to the Donbass

The amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, which the country's Parliament on the first day of the week, do not imply a special status for Donbass, said the head of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groisman.

in accordance with the Minsk agreements, constitutional reform taking into account the interests of Donbass, must pass before the end of 2015. The amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine must include the decentralization of power and the legislative recognition of the special status " of certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

"I will tell of Breda, who wrote and claim that it is in the Constitution. The story is about the peculiarities of the status. Dear friends, a word about no special status in the Constitution of Ukraine. In the Constitution of Ukraine recorded, you have the opportunity to test my every word, especially the implementation of local government in certain areas, I say this literally, Donetsk and Lugansk regions are performed in Accordance with the legislative act, " - said Groisman at the extraordinary meeting of Rada on the first day of the week.

"When the Donbass will be released, When will withdraw troops and separatism, we will need to take (measures) for the restoration of Donbass. I am sure that everyone understands this, and we have no right to succumb to false documents, we have no right to stop decentralization, " he added.

the people's choice "Bloc of Petro Poroshenko" Stepan Kubiv the participants in the meeting also said that on the special status of Donbass." Consider and refute the myths that today are discussed in relation to decision making. DPR and LPR receive a special status: no project changes no special status of DND and LNR, " Kubiv said.

Authorized self-proclaimed republics of Donbass first stressed that amendments to the Constitution were not agreed with the authorities DND and LNR, as envisaged by the Minsk agreements, and were not " brought up for discussion in the framework of the Minsk process ". Review of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Poroshenko proposed amendments are merely a simulation run Kiev Minsk agreements.


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