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Crimean parliament adopts new constitution

Darpan News Desk, IANS, 11 Apr, 2014 11:26 AM
  • Crimean parliament adopts new constitution
The Crimean parliament Friday voted unanimously in favour of a new constitution that proclaims it a legal and democratic state within the Russian Federation.
 
Approved by 88 Crimean lawmakers, the constitution, consisting of 10 chapters and 95 articles, envisages that Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean-Tatar languages would all be granted the status of official languages, Xinhua reported.
 
Two government branches were created by the new constitution, a legislative branch, represented by the State Council, and an executive branch, represented by the Ministers' Council.
 
According to the document, the head of the republic would be the highest official in Crimea. Once endorsed by the State Council, the head will run the republic for five years.
 
The Crimean parliament declared independence from Ukraine March 17, after official results from a peninsula-wide referendum that showed 96.77 percent of Crimean voters in favour of joining Russia.
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Crimean leaders signed a treaty March 18, accepting the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of Russian territory.
 
Kiev has rejected the referendum, terming it unconstitutional. 

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