The elections in May will decide the President. The President then selects a Prime Minister and a cabinet. There is only one house of the legislature. There may be many seats open in the Ukraine legislature in May due to fairly resent resignations.The theme of 'unity government' is actually held in esteem within the Ukraine Constitution.
KIEV, Ukraine — Standing before a crowd of tens of thousands (click here) in Independence
Square, the center of the three-month civic uprising that ousted
President Viktor F. Yanukovych, the lawmakers temporarily controlling
Ukraine announced an interim government on Wednesday night to be led by
Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, a veteran public official.
The
public presentation of Mr. Yatsenyuk, who will serve as acting prime
minister, and more than 20 other proposed cabinet members, was a
frenetic effort by establishment politicians to win the backing of the
street protesters, whose persistence in the face of the deaths of more
than 80 people last week in clashes with the police ultimately forced
Mr. Yanukovych from power.
As the names of the proposed ministers were read from a stage — with
flowers and candles blanketing the square in memory of the dead — it
became clear just how completely the ordinary people on the street had
seized control of the direction of Ukraine. Desperate for the crowd’s
legitimacy, officials felt compelled to present the slate on stage in
the square before putting it up for a vote by Parliament....
The opinions are already taking shape, so the elections should be interesting.
26 February 2014
The opinions are already taking shape, so the elections should be interesting.
...“We
need to change these faces,” said Alyona Murashko, a 28-year-old
marketing specialist who was carrying groceries and had stopped in the
square on her way home from work. Ms. Murashko said that she approved of
the choice of Olga Bogomolets, a doctor, singer and activist, as deputy
prime minister for humanitarian affairs, and of Tatyana Chornovil, an
activist and journalist, to lead Ukraine’s anticorruption bureau.
Ms.
Murashko, however, said she opposed Mr. Yatsenyuk and many of the other
choices. “I wouldn’t like to see him even temporarily,” she said. “No
one from current political parties.” Ms. Murashko said she was glad that
presidential elections would be held in May but wanted parliamentary
elections “as soon as possible.”...
The controversial Crimea province believes it can be another Abkhazia. I doubt that will occur any time soon or in the near future. Abkhazia and South Ossetia were established because of the attacks from Georgia. Autonomy of these two regions provided peace to these ethnic areas.
The controversial Crimea province believes it can be another Abkhazia. I doubt that will occur any time soon or in the near future. Abkhazia and South Ossetia were established because of the attacks from Georgia. Autonomy of these two regions provided peace to these ethnic areas.
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The US has offered Ukraine's struggling economy (click here) - which faces default - loan guarantees of up to $1bn (£600m).
Meanwhile, Mr Yanukovych has been put on the international wanted list.
The fugitive president - whose whereabouts are unclear - is accused of being behind last week's deaths of more than 100 protesters at the hands of riot police in and around the Maidan.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington planned to offer Ukraine the loan guarantees to help stabilise the country's economy.
Mr Kerry also warned Russia it would be a "grave mistake" to embark on any military intervention in Ukraine...
The idea a Crimean separatist government can offer Russian citizen is a bit unrealistic on an international recognition. How does one country know the difference between a Ukrainian and a Russia? I don't believe that will be accepted internationally.
Published time: February 27, 2014 10:58
“A few days back the LDPR party submitted a bill allowing for a simplified citizenship procedure for Ukrainian citizens of Russian descent. We are lodging an initiative that would allow any Ukrainian who wishes to receive Russian citizenship to do so under a simplified procedure,” the RIA Novosti news agency quoted Sergey Mironov as saying at a party conference in Moscow.
The politician also suggested that Russian law enforcement consider giving jobs to former members of Ukrainian Berkut police unit, with possible further citizenship for them. “If any of them find it attractive to work in Russia we should give him a place in our police and other law enforcement structures in accordance with his rank and qualifications,” Mironov stated....
Sorry to hear there are armed gunmen in Crimea, especially with the recent deaths in Kiev. I can't help believe the citizens of the Crimea will reject the idea of an imperial president when they realize where money went in the lavish estate of the Former President Viktor Yanukovych.
I mean you have got to be joking. Russia is actually going to back this abuse of power and casting many in the Ukraine into poverty, while their national debt skyrocketed. No wonder the Russia monetary system is in free fall. Where is the responsibility by Moscow regarding this exhibit of wealth over the dedication to the well being of the people? Did Yanukovych ever govern or did he just fill his fists with cash?
If Moscow is going to protect the former president there needs to be a change in citizenship because no one can be serious about his return to power. I can understand the former president may need asylum until all the facts are sorted out and elections are held and calm actually returns to the government, but, to exonerate his lack of governing can't possibly be supported by Moscow.
Look at this title by Reuters. A bastion of resistance? I don't think so. American media is a joke, they never know what is war and what isn't.
