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Tymoshenko cabinet ousted by vote in Ukraine's parliament

Wed, Mar 03 2010 14:19 CET

byThe Sofia Echo Staff

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Tymoshenko cabinet ousted by vote in Ukraine's parliament

The drama in Ukrainian politics that followed the presidential election contest won by Viktor Yanukovych - a result accepted by the international community but rejected by rival Yulia Tymoshenko - reached a denouement on March 3 2010 as the parliament in Kyiv approved a vote to oust Tymoshenko as prime minister.

Tymoshenko will now be obliged to resign and Yanukovych will have 30 days to appoint a new majority to form a government, which in turn must happen by the end of a further 30 days. If this does not prove possible, new parliamentary elections will have to be held.

The vote in parliament was led by Yanukovych's Party of the Regions and was backed by, among others, the communist party and even some MPs from Tymoshenko's own party.

A day before, Tymoshenko's coalition collapsed.

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