Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has announced the deadlock between parliament and his country’s government is over, with the appointment of the new prime minister.
His former ally Arseniy Yatsenyuk officially resigned last week, after months of pressure both from Poroshenko, the opposition and the Ukrainian public. Poroshenko issued a thinly veiled request for Yatsenyuk to resign, calling for “a full reboot” of government in February. A parliamentary vote of no-confidence the same day failed to oust Yatsenyuk and all coalition partners except Poroshenko’s party and Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front, withdrew their support.
Last week parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Groysman was appointed to succeed …read more
Source: Newsweek
