Ukraine Delays Constitutional Changes Amid Tension on Peace Deal
- Vote on amendments, due next month, now postponed indefinitely
- Efforts to implement Minsk accord failing to bring progress
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Ukraine’s parliament paved the way to delay a vote on constitutional changes that are a key part of the 2015 accord to end the conflict in the nation’s easternmost regions.
The bill, backed Thursday by 229 lawmakers in the 450-seat house, allows parliament to change the procedure of amending the Constitution and indefinitely postpone the vote, which had been due by Feb. 2. President Petro Poroshenko immediately signed the legislation into law.