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The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has adopted an instruction giving the country's ministers, other senior government officials, the regional administrations and the Kyiv city administration until October 1, 2014 to hold debates on planned constitutional amendments that propose decentralizing power in the country, the government's press service said.

These discussions should also involve local authorities, their associations, public figures, scholars and business people.