Yatseniuk: Rada should adopt law on local referendums

The Verkhovna Rada should adopt a law on local referendums, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

"The parliament should pass a law on local referendums," he said at a meeting with representatives of Donetsk region on Friday, adding that the respective amendments should be introduced to the law on an all-Ukrainian referendum.

According to representatives of the region who attended the meeting, this will help people in the region to legally decide on "vitally important" issues for them.