Extraordinary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on which the deputies will consider in the first reading changes to the Constitution on decentralization of power, can be held on August 27, said 1st Deputy speaker Andriy Parubiy.

The constitutional court (CC) of Ukraine at the end of July recognized constitutional presidential project of change of the Basic law regarding the decentralization of power in the country. The COP Also recognized the constitutional provision of transitional provisions of the draft Basic law, which stipulates that the special status of Donbass is defined by a separate legislative act.

first Council extended the 2nd session until September. Formally, the elected officials are on vacation, but if necessary have the opportunity to be convened for an Extraordinary meeting to consider constitutional changes in the first reading. Before the people's Deputy of the parliamentary faction "Batkivshchyna" Serhiy Sobolev suggested that an Extraordinary meeting of Parliament on 31 August.

"Meetings, but I think that the extraordinary session will be held on August 27," Parubiy said on the air Wednesday.

He said that the faction of the Parliament agree on whether a sufficient number of deputies. Parubiy also said that the only and main issue of the meeting will be changes to the Constitution.

according to the procedure, after the positive conclusion of the COP, the deputies will consider the draft changes in the first reading a minimum of 226 votes, for the final adoption of the document at the second reading it is obliged to Express support for a constitutional overwhelming majority of 300 votes.

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