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Among them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Valerii Chaly, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Center for European Policy, member of the Ukrainian Association of International Law, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador<\/li><li>Hanna Hopko, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Verkhovna Rada of the VIII convocation and Chair of the Board of the NGO &#8220;Network for the Protection of National Interests ANTS&#8221;<\/li><li>Yuliia Kyrychenko, Board member of the Center for Policy and Legal Reforms (CPLR), Head of the Constitutional Department at CPLR, Co-chair of the Reanimation Package of Reforms, Candidate of Legal Sciences<\/li><li>Andrii Mahera, Deputy Chair of the Central Election Commission (2007\u20132018), expert in constitutional law, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The event took place within the framework of the \u201cUnited for Truth\u201d project with the support of the Canada Ukraine Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The attempt to impose legitimacy of peace agreements on Ukrainians through a referendum is unlawful and unacceptable, contradicts the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, and threatens the national interests of our state. 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