mo4ch:>Separation of church & state? Not in Ukraine, with Poroshenko's push for 'independent' church | Mo4ch News

Poroshenko's drive for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church breaches the secular nature of the country, experts say, while some believe it might be part of a foreign-inspired strategy, not just a pre-election stunt.Ukraine – according to its Constitution, at least – is supposed to be a secular state, and Poroshenko's activities constitute an obvious violation of the country's fundamental laws, historian and political analyst Vladimir Kornilov believes. “He's flagrantly violating the Constitution of Ukraine, which has established separation of the church from the state; he's grossly violating a whole bunch of Ukrainian laws, including presidential ones,” Kornilov told RT.“The head of the state himself decides when the so-called 'unification council' of churches will take place. Where else in the world, in which Christian country, is that possible nowadays?”Such actions might actually backfire for Poroshenko in the long term, senior fellow with the Russia…