KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position.
[…] Poroshenko on Monday met a parliamentary commission that is drafting amendments to the country’s constitution and said in a televised meeting that if the commission decides a referendum is necessary, he would not stand in the way.
Senior rebel official Andrei Purgin told The Associated Press on Monday that none of their representatives were invited to sit on the constitutional commission to …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
