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| Yanukovych Plans To Get Rid of Tymoshenko Soon |
| 2010-02-27 |
| That could be read in so many ways ... Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych will concentrate his efforts on creating the new ruling coalition in the nation's parliament to be able to remove Yulia Tymoshenko from her position of the prime minister and appoint the new Cabinet of Ministers. It is not ruled out that the new ruler will manage to bid farewell to Tymoshenko and her government in two weeks. In his first speech as the president, Yanukovych outlined his main priorities: the reform of the government, the reduction of the governmental personnel, the creation of the competent executive power to deal with deteriorated branches of economy and the social field, and the creation of the strong and stable parliamentary majority. Yanukovych's priorities were like a death sentence to Tymoshenko's government. However, it will be quite difficult for the new Ukrainian president to establish the new coalition. Andrey Paruby, a deputy of Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc, stated that his group would not cooperate with Yanukovych's Party of Regions since the new head of state suggested Ukraine's incorporation into the joint economic space with the Russian Federation and did not exclude a possibility for the Russian Black Sea Fleet to stay in Ukraine's Crimea. The deputy said that such a perspective was not acceptable for his bloc. Yanukovych is leaving for Brussels on March 1. Afterwards, he is planning to look into home political matters connected with the redistribution of power. Yanukovych stated earlier that a new government would be necessary for his team “to save the state from collapse and take it to the level of accelerated development.' However, the new president, just like the previous one, does not have any levels of influence on Tymoshenko in the economic sphere. Alexander Yefremov, a deputy of Party of Regions, stated that the sitting prime minister of Ukraine would have “at least two weeks to cover things up as far as the untargeted use of state funds for her pre-election campaign is concerned.' Ukraine will have the new government already in two weeks, the deputy added. Some experts believe that Tymoshenko will be able to promote a new large coalition and even win local elections if Yanukovych does not manage to deprive her of the administrative resource. If she succeeds, the new head of state may found himself surrounded with political opponents. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Try the sushi, Yulia! It's fabulous! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-02-27 13:42 |