The draft law No. 2217a was submitted as urgent by the President of Ukraine.
At the Committee meeting on December 9, the Committee members said that the purpose of the draft law is distancing from the centralized model of governance in the country, ensuring the capacity of the local self-government and creating effective system of territorial organization of power in Ukraine, implementing in full provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, principles of subsidiarity, ubiquity and financial self-sufficiency of local self-government.
To fulfill this task, the draft law proposes to amend Articles 85, 92, 106, 118, 119, 121, 132, 133, 140-144, 150, and Transitional Provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine.
By Resolution No.622-VIII dated July 16, 2015 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine included the draft law into the agenda of the second session and submitted it to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to obtain the Opinion on its compliance with Articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution of Ukraine.
According to the Opinion of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine No.2-v/2015 dated July 30, 2015 the draft law complies with the requirements of Articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution of Ukraine.
By Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No.656-VIII dated August 31, 2015 the draft law was preliminary approved by the majority of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Taking the above into account, the Committee decided to recommend that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approve the draft law on amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine (concerning decentralization of power) as a whole.