Of the German foreign Ministry called amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine prerequisite to elections in Donbass

Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine will be an important prerequisite for the elections in the Donbass on the basis of the current Ukrainian law, said Thursday the Minister for foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
"I welcome the fact that Parliament voted today in the first reading by an overwhelming majority for a constitutional amendment, which provides special mechanisms for the implementation of local government in Eastern Ukraine, ? transmits the words of the Minister of RIA" news ".
"This is a significant prerequisite for the local elections on the basis of the current law of Ukraine could have happened in the Donbass ", - said in the appeal of the Minister." Taking the amendments to the Constitution, Kiev is an important contribution to the implementation of the Minsk agreements. Hope that the opinion on constitutional reform will be made soon", - has added the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany. On Thursday in the process of voting amendments to the Constitution was supported by 288 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada." valaisiana showed good potential for adoption of changes to the Constitution by an absolute majority of the Ukrainian Parliament", - has told the head of the Rada Volodymyr Groysman. According to the speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, " changes in the Basic law fully comply with the European Charter of local self-government, the best European practices "." on the current reform is a sign of the quality of the Venice Commission ", ? Groysman added. Recall, Poroshenko submitted to the Parliament amendments to the Constitution with the regulations on the status of Donbass. The profile Committee recommended the Parliament to adopt the draft and send to the constitutional court for evaluation. July 2, Poroshenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada the project of changes to the Constitution on decentralization of power. Ukrainian officials hope to approve these changes in the fall. As reported by the print edition OPINION, the project changes do not provide any special status for Donbass. The Foreign Ministry told that shown by the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada the project of constitutional reform completely ignores the suggestions of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass. Himself Poroshenko on 26 July said about the participation of certain commissioners of Donbass in the creation of change in the Constitution. He also said that will not give the ability to put pressure on Kiev in the provision of the Donbass special status. In DND and LNR stressed that the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, the commissioners of Donbass was not discussed.


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