By Prensa Latina,
Kiev : The president of the Ukrainian Supreme Rada, Arseni Yatseniuk, announced the end of the governing coalition made up of the parties Our Ukraine, Popular Self-Defense and the Timoshenko Bloc.
In a laconic speech, Yatseniuk reminded the deputies present in the hall that they have a month to set up a new alliance with the forces represented in Parliament, which are embarked in a fierce dispute for power.
If the crisis exceeds that constitutional period, President Viktor Yuschenko could dissolve the Rada and call early elections.
Urging the lawmakers to debate and approve a package of draft bills on the agenda, Yatseniuk called on them to find another candidate to chair the Parliament.
The parliamentary crisis in Ukraine broke out in mid August, when the faction led by Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko sided with the Party of Regions and the Communist Party against a presidential resolution in favor of Georgia and against Russia.
The three factions voted later for a package of draft bills restricting the president’s prerogatives, speeding up the collapse of the Our Ukraine coalition.
The opposition bench of the Party of Regions, led by ex Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, said the party would not initiate a call for early elections.
The Party of Regions was not included in the negotiations among Our Ukraine, the Popular Self-Defense, the Timoshenko bloc and the Litvin bloc to set up a new parliamentary coalition, an effort that apparently did not succeed.
According to a survey by the National Institute for Strategic Research, 71.1 percent of Ukrainians think the Rada is responsible for the current crisis and the collapse of the coalition, as it did not benefit either the State or the people in one year of work, neither did it solve major problems in Ukrainian society.