Ukraine's parliament has voted to amend the country's constitution to make the presidential term of office the same as the amount of time a deputy is elected for - 5 years.
A total of 256 deputies voted for the amendment.
Parliament will vote later today on whether to submit the decision to the Constitutional Court for ratification.
The Court boosted the powers of President Viktor Yanukovych earlier this month by ruling that the 2004 reforms, introduced during the Orange Revolution that brought ex-president Viktor Yushchenko to power, had been unconstitutional.
Yanukovych has recently said that the Constitutional Court's decision does not threaten Ukraine's democracy. But the opposition says the move will turn Ukraine into an authoritarian state.
KIEV, October 8 (RIA Novosti)
