Meanwhile, Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov said that Poroshenko would submit a decentralisation bill to the parliament this week. “I have talked with the president. He is planning to initiate changes to the Constitution this week with regard to decentralisation of power,” he said.
On the day of his inauguration, Poroshenko outlined the plan for the peaceful settlement in the country’s south-east. The major points included the decentralization of power, guarantees for the Russian language status in Ukraine’s east and respect toward the specifics of different regions. Poroshenko said it was important to “economically restructure Donbass” and vowed to support early local elections in the region.