The main event in the internal political life of Ukraine last week was the assassination of the head of the People’s Donetsk People’s Republic A. Zakharchenko, which caused great resonance and a lot of various assumptions.

Against this background, the news that on September 4 the official website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine published the text of the changes that the president of the country P.Poroshenko intends to make in the Constitution of the country is quite quietly passed.

The explanatory note states that the initiative is aimed at making the necessary changes to the Constitution to implement the strategy for full integration into the structures of the EU and NATO. This goal is seen as a strategic priority for Kyiv’s foreign policy.

To implement this strategy, the President proposed to make a number of changes to the following articles of the Constitution.

In Article 85 it is proposed to consolidate that the Verkhovna Rada’s authorities will include “determining the bases for domestic and foreign policy, implementing the state’s strategic course for acquiring full-fledged membership of Ukraine in the European Union and in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.”

Article 102 proposes to introduce an addition that determines that “the President of Ukraine is the guarantor of the implementation of the strategic course of the state for the acquisition of full membership of Ukraine in the European Union and in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.”

In 116 article one more item should appear, according to which the Cabinet of Ministers “ensures the implementation of the strategic course of the state for the acquisition of full membership of Ukraine in the European Union and in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.”

To adopt the amendments for them must vote at least 300 deputies.

Petro Poroshenko announced the necessity of adopting such changes for a long time. If they successfully pass the vote in the parliament, this will be a significant step in the implementation of the European integration policy of the Ukrainian leadership.

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