As we obtained neither a new wording of the law on the local self- government on time, nor its updated version, following the elections we can observe something like a loco repair while it is moving. Bill №3651-d was such repair, the next one may be bill №4535, if it is not doomed like bill №3651.

Having analysed an explanatory note and a comparison chart to bill №4535, Vrublevskyi Oleksandr, an expert in the starosta activity and territorial hromadas cooperation, shares his considerations on the abovementioned issues in the material.