KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday proposed constitutional changes giving sweeping powers to the regions but critically failing to address demands of pro-Russian militants in the separatist east.Poroshenkos new vision of the ex-Soviet states basic law trims presidential controls over the provinces and extends to local towns and councils the right to oversee how their tax revenues are spent.But it also refuses to add to the constitution the semi-autonomous status demanded by insurgency leaders who control an industrial edge of Ukraine that is home to 3.5 million people and accounts for a tenth of its economic output.The …read more
Source: Dunya TV
