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MOSCOW, Russia – Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine’s self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics said Tuesday, September 23 their breakaway regions would hold polls on November 2 to elect regional leaders and legislative bodies.
“On November 2 we plan elections for the Supreme Soviet (parliament) and elections for the leader of the republic,” the so-called prime minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, told the Interfax news agency.
The chairman of the Supreme Soviet in the neighboring Lugansk People’s Republic, Alexei Karyakin, told TASS news agency that his region would also hold polls on the same day.
“The elections will take place at the same time as in the Donetsk People’s Republic. November 2 is agreed as the preliminary date,” Karyakin said.
Ukraine’s national parliament in Kiev, the Verkhovna Rada, this month passed legislation giving the rebel-held, mainly Russian-speaking regions limited self-rule.
The legislation called for local elections to be held on December 7. But the rebel leaders immediately said they should have powers to set the date. – Rappler.com
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