Why Ukrainian parliament adopted a decision that cannot not be implemented

An extract from the article on Ukrainian “Korrespondent” website

“Why Ukrainian parliament adopted a decision that cannot be implemented, and what will the developments in Donbass be?

The suggestion of the President, accepted by the MPs, implies that earlier adopted Law on the Special Status of separate areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions will be enacted after “the extraordinary elections held in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine”.
It also envisages that a special order of self-governance will be granted to the separate areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions after the withdrawal of all illegal armed formations, their military equipment, as well as militants and mercenaries, from the territory of Ukraine and provided that the transparency of the electoral process is guaranteed for the local elections.

In the course of discussion of the draft laws in regard to Donbass the MPs cared mostly about their own image and rating, and not for adherence to the Minsk Agreement.
Thus, Batkivshchyna party and a part of Samopomich party refused to vote in favour of the amendments to the Law on the Special Status and the list of the territories, to which it is relevant, under the pretext that the Law acknowledges the loss of territories by Ukraine and new state borders.
Also, according to the MPs, this Law allows the separatists headed by Aleksandr Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitskiy to take part in the elections.

Finally, in order to minimize the negative impression created by the Law, the parliamentarians invented one more act – on the occupied territories, which was written literally in the course of the same day and voted for.
This way a legal dead end was created, as the Rada had simultaneously appointed the date for the elections in Donbass on December 7, and stated that elections could not be held in the occupied territories.
The MPs say the adoption of the laws was necessary for the continuation of the diplomatic contest with Russia and the assertion of the new reality, as well as demonstration of the implementation of the Minsk Agreement.
Only everything went awry, as usual”.