The official letter about the conduct of 31 August extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada appeared on the last working day of the week on the Internet representation of the Parliament, the deputies will consider preliminary approval of the draft law on introducing changes to the Constitution of Ukraine on decentralization of power.

Happy first extended 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. The people's Deputy of the parliamentary faction "Batkivshchyna" Serhiy Sobolev, first suggested that an extraordinary meeting of Parliament on 31 August. The head of the parliamentary faction "Samopomich" Oleg Berezyuk said before Thursday, the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada received a letter about the meeting on August 31.

"To convene a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the eighth convocation at eleven. 00 31 August 2015 at which to consider preliminary approval of the draft law on introducing changes to the Constitution of Ukraine on decentralization of power ", - is informed in the report.

The constitutional court of Ukraine at the end of July recognized in conformity with the Constitution of the presidential draft of the constitutional amendments on decentralization of power and the norm of the transitional provisions of the draft, which stipulates that the special status of Donbass is defined by a separate legislative act. After the positive conclusion of the constitutional court, 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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