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Ukraine: No right to self-determination for Crimean Tatar? MP rejects constitutional amendment proposal

7 July 2015
Crimean Tatars demonstrate to keep Crimea part of Ukraine. They are holding yellow and blue balloons, the colours of Ukraine's flag. [photo credit: Natalia Antelava]
Crimean Tatars demonstrate to keep Crimea part of Ukraine. They are holding yellow and blue balloons, the colours of Ukraine's flag. [photo credit: Natalia Antelava]
<p>Refat Chubarov, Head of the Mejlis or Crimean Tatar representative assembly and Ukrainian MP, will not vote for amendments to Ukraine’s Constitution that do not recognize the right to the Crimean Tatar people to self-determination on their historical territory.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">Chubarov reacted immediately and strongly to certain words spoken by President Petro Poroshenko during his presentation on July 1 of draft amendments to the Constitution concerning decentralization. These reforms are urgently needed, have been largely approved by the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission, and Chubarov stressed that he too has no objection to them.&nbsp;</span></p>
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