Amendments to Constitution to be voted on after elections - Poroshenko

He noted that the reason for such confidence was the fact that "the reform of decentralization is only the part of the constitutional reform." "The Constitution is not the issue of the coalition. The Constitution is the issue of the entire Parliament and the Ukrainian people," Poroshenko stressed. As we have reported, three servicemen of the National Guard were killed, and over 100 injured in clashes of protesters with law enforcement on Monday August 31st, when the parliament convened an extraordinary session to consider constitutional amendments on decentralization and giving more power to the regions. MPs passed the bill in its first reading. They will need a constitutional majority, or two thirds of the votes, to pass the law on the whole. Far right groups are held accountable for th3e deadly clashes that involved a grenade explosion.