People's deputies of the Radical party blocked the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada before the extraordinary meeting, which is expected to consider adoption of amendments to the Constitution to decentralize power, said the leader of the party Oleg Lyashko.
"We currently blocked the Presidium of the Parliament," wrote Lyashko in a private Facebook. Words Lyashko confirmed and his Deputy Andrei Lozovoi: "blocked the Presidium of the Parliament not to allow the special status of Donbass. VIP-places - women "." Invite fellow patriots to join! Today decides the fate of the state, " he added on his page in Facebook.
to Express support to the Ukrainian parliamentarians came and hero of Ukraine Levko Lukyanenko." Says: like you, those who currently defends the unity of Ukraine, referred to as agents of the Kremlin in Soviet times Ukrainian patriots, was called by U.S. agents, " added Lozovo. In addition, about 1 thousand participants gathered near the building of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev to protest against the adoption of the Constitution of the decentralization of power. Happy first day of the week will gather for a special meeting at which plans to adopt the first reading of constitutional clarification regarding the decentralization of power. While the elected officials of the 2 factions of the coalition of "Radical party" and "Self-help" told that they refuse to support, as Petro Poroshenko, the draft Constitution. Review of people's deputies, the law on determining the special status of Donbass in the transitional provisions of the document threatens state sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and the constitutional changes greatly enhance the range of opportunities the country's leader. Remember, on July 16, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko submitted to the Parliament amendments to the Constitution with the regulations on the status of Donbass. This Poroshenko, introducing the draft changes to the Constitution of the state, declared that Ukraine "was, there is and will be" a unitary state, proposed amendments to the Constitution of the state do not provide for a special status For Donbass. Rada has approved these amendments, and the draft was sent to the constitutional court For evaluation. The direction of change in the COP endorsed 288 deputies are glad of 450. For the final adoption of the law on introducing changes to the Constitution will need More than 300 votes of parliamentarians. In the Donbass told that these amendments are irrelevant to the implementation of the Minsk agreements. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stated before that shows the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada the project of constitutional reform completely ignores suggestions republics of Donbass.

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