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Ukraine prime minister resigns over coalition break up
Yahoo news ^ | 07/24/2014

Posted on 07/24/2014 9:09:10 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior

Kiev (AFP) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday resigned in a shock move in protest at the disbanding of the ruling parliamentary coalition, plunging the strife-torn nation into political uncertainty.

Yatsenyuk said the "government and the prime minister must resign" after the withdrawal of several parties triggered the break up of the European Choice parliamentary majority in a move that paved the way for long-awaited early legislative elections.

The formal dissolution of the majority coalition in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada gives President Petro Poroshenko the right over the next month to announce a fresh parliamentary poll.

Poroshenko had pledged though that the possibility of upcoming elections would not paralyse the work of parliament at a time when Kiev is struggling to end a bloody separatist insurrection tearing apart the east of the country.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coalition; primeminister; resign; ukraine

1 posted on 07/24/2014 9:09:10 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior
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To: Freelance Warrior

Can you spell M E S S.


2 posted on 07/24/2014 10:07:01 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Freelance Warrior

A falling out amongst thieves....


3 posted on 07/24/2014 10:12:45 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: Freelance Warrior

The people of that country need to get their house in order, before Russia steals it all.


4 posted on 07/24/2014 10:18:05 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: mac_truck

The thieves are the ones who took Crimea and are now trying to take more.


5 posted on 07/24/2014 10:18:25 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Freelance Warrior

So what?

There will be another election.

The battle against the Russian terrorists will continue.


6 posted on 07/24/2014 11:11:09 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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7 posted on 07/24/2014 11:46:14 AM PDT by DTA
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To: Freelance Warrior; All

It has some 9 or so hours since the Kiev government fell apart, and CNN has yet to mention it...


8 posted on 07/24/2014 4:41:43 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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