On May 12 Luhansk Regional Council demanded immediate federalization of Ukraine
“An absolute majority of people voted [at a regional referendum on
Sunday] for the right to make their own decisions about how to live.
This right means that Ukraine can move over to a federated state
structure. For this reason, we demand that the current central
government hear the will expressed by the people and immediately, as an
act of emergency, make changes to the Constitution that would launch a
process of federalization,” the council presidium said in a statement.
It said federalization is the only way and the last chance to save
Ukraine as a single country. “Otherwise, it is the central government
alone that will be accountable for the disintegration of the country,”
the presidium said.
It demanded immediately giving the Russian language the status of an official language.
The presidium also insisted on an immediate end to the Ukrainian
military operation against the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern
Ukraine, an operation that, “effectively means forcible suppression of
protests.”
The presidium demanded an amnesty for anti-Kyiv protesters in the east of the country.
