The self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko has signed a decree On the holding of local elections on October 18, informs.
According to Zakharchenko, local elections will be held in several stages and will be completed in the first half of 2016. He drew attention that " the local elections will mark the completion of the process of state-building DPR ".
"Today I signed a Decree On appointment of elections to local self-government, which will be held on 18 October 2015, in a month will be held the first elections of heads of cities and districts of our young country ", - quotes Agency the message Zakharchenko.
According to the decree, in the first stage, citizens will choose the heads of urban and district administrations. For example, to select the leaders of the cities of Gorlovka, Debaltsevo, Dokuchayevsk, Donetsk, Zhdanivka, Donetsk and Yasinovataya.
The Ukrainian Government has appointed elections to local authorities on 25 October, the Authorities of the self-proclaimed LNR - on November 1, and DPR - 18 October. The Ukrainian head Petro Poroshenko has said that Donetsk and Lugansk are obliged to dispense with the holding of local elections, and tried to convince them to immediately begin discussions on the modalities of their conduct according to the Ukrainian laws. The authorities of Donetsk and Lugansk republics have many times stated About the conduct of local elections regardless of the wishes of Kiev and explained that Kiev is in the hands of individual adopted the law " On local elections ", not agreeing with LNR and DND, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements.
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