At Minregion’s suggestion, the Committee on State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning revised the draft and recommended adopting it as a basis and in full in its updated version.

What was changed following further consultations with fellow MPs from both the majority and the opposition?

The initial version provided for a council to be considered competent if at least 1/2 of its total membership remained. The new version provides for the special mechanism to apply if the council consists of no more than 1/2, but no fewer than one third, of its members. Provisions relating to Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Legal Regime of Martial Law” have also been removed from the draft.

“Thank you all for the constructive work! The state urgently needs a tool to preserve the capacity of small communities during the war! I am counting on a successful vote in the Verkhovna Rada as early as next week!” said Vitalii Bezghin, Minister for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons.