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The legislature of Lviv region has declared the so-called Narodna Rada (People's Council), set up by pro-European Union protesters, to be the supreme body legitimately representing Ukraine's people.

The Lviv Regional Council, where parties opposed to Ukraine’s government hold the majority of seats, issued a ban on any armed action by army troops, police or other security forces aimed at preventing people from exercising their right to peaceful meetings.

After that, the legislature voted to disband the regional executive administration and gave the go-ahead to setting up an executive committee to replace it. The committee was composed of heads of Regional Council commissions. Council chief Petro Kolodiy was appointed as provisional head of the committee.