MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine saw more political turmoil Wednesday, as former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced that her faction was withdrawing from the governing coalition, which she criticized as an obstacle to reforms.
Tymoshenko’s move came a day after Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s cabinet survived a no-confidence vote in parliament even though a majority of lawmakers declared its work unsatisfactory. The vote reflected lawmakers’ fears that it could lead to the collapse of the governing coalition and an early election.
Tymoshenko, who leads the smallest of the four factions in the governing coalition, accused its participants of collusion in a bid …read more
Source: KXAN