DNR: elections postponed to allow the Kiev to perform Minsk-2
Local elections in the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk national republics moved in order to give Kiev time to complete obligations under the Minsk agreement, said on Wednesday the Plenipotentiary representative of the DND on the talks in Minsk Denis Putilin.
Power DND and LNR on Tuesday agreed to postpone Local elections for 2016. During this period of time the Ukrainian Authorities will be obliged to enforce all taken on their own shoulders in Minsk obligations, namely: to provide the Donbass special status, to prevent the persecution and reward the participants within DND and LNR, and also to take amendments to the Constitution in new, coherent with the self-proclaimed republics of edition. Kiev welcomed the Postponement of elections, but also demands the cancellation of the election results of November 2, 2014 in DNR and LNR and informs about the need to adopt a special law on the elections within the limits of separate regions of Donbass.
"The postponement of local elections in the Donbass was possible only with the full implementation of the Minsk agreements by the Ukrainian side. This decision was taken by us only to assist the Kiev time on tasks on their own shoulders obligations, " - quoted Putilina Donetsk news Agency.
The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people