Elections in the Donbass obliged to pass on to Ukrainian legislation, the organization should not give rise to contesting of the election results, said the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande.

"Elections have to pass according to Ukrainian legislation. It is necessary that the Elections be organized during the working group that the results of these elections were undeniable "- drew the attention of the French leader on the results of the meeting of heads of States "channel four" in Paris.

"We appealed to stakeholders to participate in this process ", - said Hollande.

He said that it is necessary to adjust the law of Ukraine for the elections. This issue will be aluminates in the framework of the working group. In preparation for the elections will take at least 3 months, therefore, they will take place later than envisaged in the Minsk agreements terms.


"scheduled for October 18 Elections do not meet all the required criteria. Elections in the East of Ukraine are obliged to pass, but later ", - said the French leader.

The Ukrainian Government has appointed Elections to local authorities on 25 October. The Authorities of the self-proclaimed LNR appointed local Elections on November 1, but in DND they are required to pass on 18 October.

The authorities of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics many times stated About the conduct of its local elections regardless of the wishes of the authorities of Ukraine and said that Kyiv is in the hands of individual adopted the law " On local elections ", not agreeing with Lugansk and Donetsk, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements. A complex of measures on implementation of Minsk agreements of February 12, obliges the Ukrainian Authorities to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of holding local elections.

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