Grigory Ioffe: Constitution of the Republic of Crimea guarantees equal rights for all the peoples of Crimea

In the State Council of the Republic of Crimea was held the first meeting of the Constitutional Commission on draft the Constitution of the Republic of Crimea.

Opening the meeting, Chairman of the Commission – the first Vice-speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Crimea Grigory Ioffe spoke about the history of constitutional development in the Crimea, noting, that it is interesting, diverse and, at times, dramatic.

G. Ioffe also noted that the new Constitution for the first time will provide the Republic of powers, which not any of three Constitutions of Crimea had. The head of the Constitutional Commission underlined that the work on the contents of the Constitution had already been started by a group of Crimean lawyers and experts in this field from the Russian Federation.