Tymoshenko ousted as Ukraine premier

Source: PressTV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119952§ionid=351020606


The Parliament in Ukraine has voted to dismantle the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, forcing the President-elect Viktor Yanukovich to hammer out a coalition in the parliament.

The no-confidence vote came Wednesday when 243 lawmakers voted in favor out of the 450 in the chamber, said Speaker Vladimir Litvin, according to the Associated Press.

Now, Yanukovich's Regions Party has to put together its own coalition in the parliament within 30 days and introduce his new cabinet within 60 days.

The parliament is expected to face a snap election if Yanukovich fails to do so.

Senior lawmaker Oleksander Yefremov maintained that there was "no need to rush" with establishing a ruling coalition.

"From my point of view, either this week or next we will complete the process of forming (a coalition)," he told reporters, according to Reuters.

Yanukovich narrowly defeated his pro-west archrival Tymoshenko in a runoff poll almost a month ago.

Despite her ouster, Tymoshenko has resisted pressure to quit saying she would form an opposition if her government dismissed.

"If the dismissal of the government is passed today, at that very same moment our government will leave the cabinet. Our political force will cross into the opposition," she was quoted as saying by Reuters.