Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Government expects the draft changes to the Constitution to be approved in two weeks

“We expect the draft changes to the Constitution, which has to restore the balance of powers and reflect the vision of every region of Ukraine and every voter, will appear in two weeks,” the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said during the Tenth Annual Investment Conference on Wednesday, April 2.

“A lot will depend on whether the political forces are ready to real political and economic reforms,” he stressed.

According to the Head of the Government, it was rather difficult to receive 258 supporters in the Parliament of the package of strict economy: “The situation with the Constitution is similar”.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk reminded that the Government of Ukraine had already declared their position concerning which Constitution the country needed. He informed the previous day he had met with the head of the Constitutional Commission: “In order to demonstrate that the Ukrainian political forces have prepared to the political and economic changes”.

As was reported earlier, the Government insists on changes to the Principal Law that envisages decentralizing of power. In particular, the Cabinet of Ministers advocates liquidation of regional and district administrations, forming of executive committees elected by the local councils and introducing of prefect institution to ensure general supervision over compliance with legislation on relevant territories.