The Government’s initiative to halve the number of rayon state administrations especially in those regions with amalgamated hromadas formed will allow to solve the problem of duplication of management functions, announced Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman on the air of "Ukraine" TV channel.

"We need to optimise the management system at the rayon level. Why do we need to duplicate functions? We proposed to cut the number of rayon state administrations by half. This is a fair decision", Volodymyr Groysman said.

The Head of Government stressed that local power should be formed on an electoral basis. "I do not want to appoint or recommend the heads of the rayon administrations. Hromadas should elect their leaders, then there will be efficient cooperation. And the state will perform the functions of control", the Prime Minister added.