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The deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation in the trilateral contact group to resolve the situation in Donbass, the first prime minister of independent Ukraine, Vitold Fokin, said yesterday that he was in favor of general amnesty and a special status for the entire Donbass. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov criticized Fokin’s statement.
The statement by the representative of Ukraine in the trilateral contact group to resolve the situation in Donbass, Vitold Fokin, on a general amnesty and a special status for the entire Donbass territory is provocative and does not correspond to national interests. This was stated by the Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov, writes the press service of the Interior Ministry.
“None of our soldiers should die from ridiculous political speculation. Therefore, the statement of the representative of Ukraine in the TCG Vitold Fokin on a general amnesty and a special status for the entire Donbass territory is provocative and does not correspond to national interests. We remember that for every part of Ukraine land in the Donbass, thousands of our soldiers died, “emphasized Avakov.
In an interview with Strana, published on August 30, Fokin said that he was in favor of a general amnesty and a special status for all Donbass.
“Both on the other hand, many crimes were committed, which ultimately must be investigated, and let the perpetrators be punished. But today, to end the war and save the lives of soldiers and commanders, my position is to declare a general amnesty “. hold elections, resolve the issue of the special status of certain regions, and best of all, the entire Donbass, ”he said.
On August 18, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, appointed Fokin as Kravchuk’s first deputy in the Ukrainian delegation at the talks in Minsk.
Fokin was the first prime minister of independent Ukraine and led the government in 1990-1992.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on a special procedure for local self-government in certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in September 2014 (the need for such legislation is set out in the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass). Parliament has already extended its validity several times, the previous time, until December 31, 2019. On December 18, Zelensky signed a law to extend the special status until December 31, 2020.
In art. 10 of this law states that all its main provisions will come into force only after local elections are held in Donbass in accordance with Ukrainian legislation in accordance with international standards. The rest of the articles of the law do not apply, in particular: on amnesty and the non-admission of criminal prosecution of the participants in the Donbass events; on the right to linguistic self-determination of Donbass residents and the possibility of using the Russian language in state and local government bodies.
After the summit of the leaders of the Normandy Four – Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany – in December 2019, Putin announced the need to amend the Constitution of Ukraine, ensuring the special status of Donbass “permanently”. Zelensky said the current law on Donbass special status should be extended for one year. He stressed that he would never agree to the federalization of Ukraine.
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