Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the Ukrainian Constitution will never allow the usurpation of power in the country and will not be imposed on people from outside.

Ukraine on Sunday celebrates the 19th anniversary of the Constitution. The basic law has several times changed and soon it might happen again. Kiev wants autumn to reform the Constitution in part to the decentralization of power, which will give the opportunity to make significantly wider range of capabilities of local authorities. Along with this, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has stated many times that decentralization does not imply the federalization of the country.

"We do know that our Basic law will never allow even a hint of a usurpation of power, He will never be written for the person, the current political situation or the present expediency," - said in his congratulatory speech Yatsenyuk at a government Internet representation.

He is also confident that the new Constitution of Ukraine " confirms the territorial integrity of our country, to adopt political and economic decentralization and create a solid Foundation for the dynamic development of the country."

at rallies in early April of this past year the residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup, announced the development of " people's republics ". After held in may referendum of the Republic declared its sovereignty and later formed the Union of " new Russia ", put together their own authorities. The second of November in DND and LNR elections of heads of republics and deputies of the parliaments. Kiev DND and LNR not recognized and began against the inhabitants of the region force special operation. 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 into 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 ".

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