In Lugansk, the regional council sided with the “people’s governor”
Lugansk, May 05 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Lugansk, “people’s governor” Valery Bolotov announced a referendum to the mayors of Luhansk cities.
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The corresponding decision was made during a meeting of the “People's Council”, in which Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Tsarev took part.
In addition, the Lugansk Regional Council made a statement in which it actually sided with the “Luhansk Republic” and the “People’s Army of the South-East.”
The document says that the deputies demand that the central government immediately stop all operations, withdraw military units to their places of permanent deployment and disarm all paramilitary groups, and immediately pass an amnesty law for all participants in protests in South-East Ukraine.
They also demanded to disarm all illegally armed right-wing radical groups, primarily the Right Sector, and to grant the Russian language the status of a second state language.
In addition to all of the above, the deputy of the Luhansk Regional Council is required to ensure the expansion of the powers of local self-government just enough so that the regions cease to depend on Kyiv, and their residents have the opportunity to elect the heads of local executive authorities and decide for themselves what to spend the money earned in the territory.
“We support the initiative of the residents of the Lugansk region to hold a referendum on the status of the Lugansk region in accordance with the requirements adopted at the meetings of the territorial communities of our region,” the statement says.
In Luhansk , the regional council sided with the "people's governor."