KIEV: Strife-torn Ukraine appeared to move a step closer Wednesday to agreeing a new pro-EU government headed by parliament speaker Volodymyr Groysman that could be voted on the following day.
A senior member of President Petro Poroshenko’s party said that “according to my information, all the agreements have been reached and no further questions remain.”
“We will submit the prime minister’s candidacy to the president and [on Thursday] be able to vote on the approval of both a new premier and government,” Poroshenko party deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko told reporters.
Ukraine has been gripped by a months-long political crisis that forced Prime Minister Arseniy …read more
Source: The Manila Times
