Praying this will bring peace to Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada has voted for Poroshenkos laws on Special status for Donbas & amnesty: 277&287 MPs out of 450 in favor • The rebel-held Lugansk and Donetsk regions will be granted a special status giving them broader autonomy for a three-year period. • Local elections will be held in some districts of the two mainly Russian-speaking regions on 7 December. The last local elections held nationwide were in October 2010. • Use of the Russian language to be allowed in state institutions. • Regional councils will have the power to appoint local judges and prosecutors. • Local authorities in Donetsk and Lugansk can strengthen good neighbourly relations with their counterparts across the border in Russia. • The legislation also promises to help restore damaged infrastructure and to provide social and economic assistance to particularly hard-hit areas. • Another bill on amnesty protects from criminal prosecution participants of events in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions – appearing to apply to both the insurgents and Ukrainian government troops. Rights groups have accused fighters on both sides of abuses that might be classified as war crimes.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:01:49 +0000
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