The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he expects in the next few weeks the adoption in first reading of changes to the Constitution of Ukraine on decentralization.
in mid-February in Minsk signed a document, which suggests as well as among them the holding in the Donbas local elections, amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".
"In the coming weeks possibly, will vote in the first reading the draft changes to the Constitution prepared by the Constitutional Commission, which was created by my decree. According to which (change - ed.) and the head, and the government will relinquish a significant portion of their authority in favor of local communities, " said Poroshenko in the process of working visit to Mariupol, Donetsk region.
He added that today employs fiscal decentralization, which gives the opportunity to leave a significant amount of money in the regions.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year Already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.
The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering of changes into the Constitution.
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