Members of Ukraine's opposition Svoboda (Liberty) faction have scuffled with lawmakers from the ruling Party of Regions and the Communist Party in the nation's parliament.The incident took place after the Communists and members of the ruling Party of Regions started shouting that Svoboda leader Oleh Tyahnybok should not address parliament.
The parliament resumed its business after members of three opposition factions stopped blocking the podium. They had been blocking the podium for two weeks to protest the ruling party's initiative to strip opposition deputy Serhiy Vlasenko of his mandate.
Last month, the three opposition factions -- the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms, Batkivshchyna (Fatherland), and Svoboda -- blocked the parliament's podium for more than two weeks. That blockage ended with the adoption of a new law requesting the physical presence of lawmakers during voting.
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