The head of the parliamentary faction of the party " Batkivshchyna ", which is part of the ruling coalition Yulia Tymoshenko urged to vote against the adoption of proposed by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko changes in the Constitution of the country, because they do not contribute to resolve the crisis in the Donbass.

Extraordinary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on which the elected officials suggest pre-approve constitutional changes on decentralization of power, began on the first day of the week.

"We are told, because It is the path to peace. We all want peace more than the preservation of their own lives. We have to admit, This is not the path to peace and the path to decentralization. This, unfortunately, is diametrically opposed to the process that deceives us and causes us to lose territory, - said Tymoshenko.- Our job today: vote "against" to return to peace talks on the right path that will give the world, not the illusion of peace."

"I am confident that today the party "Batkivshchyna" will do the right thing, voting against and starting the new process of negotiations on the amendments to the Constitution", she added

first elected officials 2 factions of the coalition of "Radical party" and "Self-help" told me that refuse to support Poroshenko Made 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.

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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