Реформа децентралізації дійсно найуспішніші реформа в Україні. Але успішною її зробили ті, що повірили в реальні зміни. Зараз нас переконують, що знають, як нам буде краще. Всі асоціації органів місцевого самоврядування намагаються внести корективи в законопроекти на підставі набутого досвіду і їх зауваження необхідно враховувати. В даній реформі турборежим неприпустимий. Ця реформа стосується кожного мешканця України.

The opinion of the author is well taken and provides some good points. However, I would be very cautious about changing the Constitution or Basic Law in attempting to over specify the status of local governments. This is often an error that is make by governments who want to perpetuate their view of local governments and the centralization-decentralization balance. Local governments are living entities that change rapidly and frequently and to lock in some specifics may do more harm than good. I am not a supporter of the prefecture system. While it works well in France after a few hundred years it is been disastrous in the transition countries, Romania and Albania being the prime example. Any legal disputes can be raised by a competitive local party system represented on the councils and strong local government associations and the NGOs. Better to have these than a prefect that litigates every action of local government because of some political disputes. Ukraine, in my opinion, has done an excellent job of pursuing decentralization and should continue on this path. No one gets it right the first time, but adapting to changes and reflecting the people's will is the best approach with a bottom-up method and ample fiscal resources. For these see my paper "New Rules for Implementation of Fiscal Decentralization."