Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Ukraine: All over for ruling coalition

Ukrainian parliament speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk officially announced the collapse of the ruling coalition on Tuesday after the pro-presidential Our Ukraine-People's Self- Defence Bloc walked out two weeks ago.

"I officially announced the collapse of the coalition of democratic forces," said Yatseniuk.

"I am obliged to fulfill my constitutional duty. This has been long expected, but for me it is extremely sad ...the coalition was all but dead after no compromise was found in 10 days of talks," he added, urging politicians to quickly find a combination liable to work.
Published by Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting