Zelenskyy signs law on changing administrative and territorial structure of Crimea
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has signed a law on streamlining the administrative and territorial structure of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Source: This was reported by the press service of the representation of the President of Ukraine in Crimea.
Quote: "The President of Ukraine has signed a law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Resolution of Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Organization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea," the message reads.
After the law enters into force on the next day after its official publication, decisions made by the parliament in 2016 and 2020 regarding decommunisation and introduction of a new district division of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea will be put into effect.
In this regard, the law instructs the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to determine the territories and administrative centres of territorial communities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea within one month, to form district state administrations of new districts within three months, and to submit to the parliament a draft law on the peculiarities of restoring public power in the Autonomous Republic Crimea after its liberation.
It is noted that the main purpose of the law is to prepare the ground for liberation of the peninsula because military and military-civilian administrations are created to operate on the territory of territorial communities.
For reference: The law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Resolution of Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial System of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was adopted by the Ukrainian parliament on 23 August, the day of the third summit of the Crimean Platform.
The text of the law is currently unavailable.
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