MINSK: Ukraine’s governing coalition no longer commands a majority in parliament, after a second faction bailed out. Thursday’s move by Samopomich (Self Help), which has 26 seats in the 450-seat parliament, leaves the coalition partners with 217 votes. Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s faction withdrew from the coalition a day earlier. The two factions remaining in the coalition are led by President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Poroshenko has urged Yatsenyuk to step down amid economic troubles and political infighting, but the premier has refused to do so and lawmakers failed to oust his Cabinet in a vote …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
