“These changes ... are not related to the settlement of issues related and posed by the Minsk Agreements, since they do not meet the norms of clauses 9-11 of the Minsk Agreements, which deal with decentralization regarding the introduction on an ongoing basis of a special status in local government in certain areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ", - quotes him" 112 Ukraine ".
At the same time, Medvedchuk noted that, in addition to this, the bill also has other shortcomings regarding local governance, which can lead to the consolidation of the presidential power vertical in Ukraine.
“This has nothing to do with decentralization. I would call these processes centralization ... local authorities and local authorities as a whole become controlled and supervised by representatives appointed by the president at the suggestion of the Cabinet of Ministers, ”the deputy of the Rada explained.
Earlier, the text of the bill on amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine on decentralization of power appeared on the Verkhovna Rada website.
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic stated that the document “doesn’t say a word” about giving special districts of Donbass special status.