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13:17 Jan. 25, 2016

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian Prime Minister. (UNIAN Photo)

President Poroshenko said earlier blocking constitution changes can lead to full-scale conflict with Russia

UNIAN: Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk calls for holding a referendum on constitutional amendments in Ukraine.

The Prime Minister made the statement in his television address.

"It is time for Ukrainian people to have their say in the issue of Ukraine's new Constitution in new European Ukraine. No one but the people of Ukraine has the right to determine the fundamental law,"the Prime Minister said.

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Yatsenyuk also emphasized that the referendum on the Constitution would constitute "genuine people's authority in a free and democratic country, for which we fought on the Maidan two years ago, and which we are now defending by force of arms."

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"The new Constitution is a new social contract between citizens and the authorities which they have elected. The contract on the distribution of rights and responsibilities within the governing bodies – between the president, the government and the parliament. The contract on relations between the center and regions. The contract on the establishment of a new, fair and honest trial. The contract on a clear geopolitical goal of Ukraine, which consists in becoming a member of the European Union and NATO," Yatsenyuk said.

"I am convinced that the head of state upholds the same principles,"the Prime Minister added.

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