Ukraine moves to meet Minsk accords with constitutional changes - fastFT : Market-moving news and views, 24 hours a day - FT.com
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Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday adopted constitutional changes in a first reading that envision a nationwide decentralization of authority and granting temporary self-rule for the Russian-backed breakaway eastern regions if they hold elections.
While a final vote fully upholding the constitutional changes is expected later this year after the Kiev’s constitutional court approves the revisions, separatist leaders on Thursday made clear they viewed the initiative as a violation of the Minsk agreements on grounds that it does not offer them enough “special status” or autonomy, reports Roman Olearchyk in Kiev.
Elections need to be held in accordance with Ukrainian law as envisioned in last February’s Minsk agreements.
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Though the US and EU are expected to back the constitutional changes, Denis Pushilin, a representative of Donetsk-based separatists in peace talks was quoted by local news agencies as rejecting the draft on grounds that it “does not conform with Minsk principles.”
Sans surprises, le projet n’est pas approuvé par les séparatistes : les accords de Minsk (février 2015) prévoyaient l’établissement d’un dialogue visant à définir les conditions de l’autonomie…
Minsk agreement on Ukraine crisis : text in full - Telegraph
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• On the first day after the pullout a dialogue is to start on modalities of conducting local elections in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation and the Law of Ukraine “On temporary Order of Local Self-Governance in Particular Districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts,” and also about the future of these districts based on the above mentioned law.
On appréciera aussi le concept de temporary self-rule …