The parliamentary majority " Fatherland " and nationalist " Liberty " did not support proposed by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko changes to the Constitution.
" The faction " Freedom " will not support the proposed changes to the Constitution ", said Oleh Tiahnybok, and added that a bit of the proposed regulations unacceptable for his political force, RIA " Novosti ". For example, Tiahnybok not satisfied that the article 143 of the Constitution is proposed to clarify that the Russian language and other languages of national minorities is given the status of which will be determined even at the level of village councils. He added that none of the proposals of " Freedom " in the Constitution was not taken into account. Faction " Batkivshchyna " at the meeting on Thursday has authorised the head of the Faction Sergei Sobolev urgently be written to the President with a petition to postpone consideration of the draft changes to the Constitution of Ukraine." Batkivshchyna " insists that the leader has made a new project of changes to the Constitution, which does not provide for usurpation of authority by the new head of the country and provides real decentralization of power ", - informs the press service of the party. First of " Batkivshchyna " said Submitted by the President of Ukraine, the text changes to the Constitution is not consistent with the party's fraction. In addition, " Batkivshchyna " considers unacceptable the preparation of the constitutional changes were not wide public discussion. In may, the Ukrainian media appeared information about impending changes in the Constitution of Ukraine, providing for the extension of the powers of the Parliament and government, as well as the curtailment of the rights of the President. According to the proposals, the entire Cabinet will be appointed by the Verkhovna Rada on the submission of the Prime Minister. It is envisaged that the Cabinet will be responsible only to the Parliament and the President only accountable. The head will be deprived of the right to file a submission on the appointment of the Ministers of foreign Affairs and defense. In June Poroshenko said that the draft amendments to the Constitution will provide for the extension of the powers of the regions in respect of the honouring of different aspects of historical memory and use different cultural traditions language policy. While Poroshenko called himself a supporter of parliamentary-presidential form of governance and exclusion of granting the Russian language a state status.

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