KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s parliament has voted not to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Yatsenyuk had said last week he was resigning after two parties left the coalition supporting him and parliament balked at passing laws he said were essential to fund the country’s war against pro-Russian separatists.
But the parliament had to accept the resignation, and decided not to Thursday. The vote was 16 for accepting and 109 against, with the rest of the 450-member parliament either absent or not voting.
President Petro Poroshenko had urged legislators and the government to find a compromise and keep the parliament working even as …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
