"I accept the resignation of Mykola Azarov and as a consequence the resignation of the entire Ukrainian government," read the text of the decree published on the presidency website.
- He requested they stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new government is named.
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Ukraine's president, Viktor Yanukovych, accepted the resignation of his prime minister and government on Tuesday, in an apparent concession to the opposition and to demonstrators who have taken to the streets to protest against his rule...........
ReplyDeleteIn a decree Yanukovych said he had accepted the resignation of Mykola Azarov, a key ally and hardliner, and his cabinet of ministers.
Separately, Ukraine's parliament voted to scrap anti-protest laws that have provoked a violent escalation of the country's political crisis. A large majority of deputies voted in favour of revoking the legislation passed on 16 January. The move came after four rounds of talks between the embattled Yanukovych and three opposition leaders. The laws severely curtailed freedom of assembly, with critics suggesting they in effect ushered in a dictatorship.
"We revoked the laws against which all the country has revolted," Arseniy Yatseniuk, a prominent opposition leader, said after the vote. He called on Yanukovych to immediately sign the repeal of the legislation into law............http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/ukraine-resignation-pm-protest-laws
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Ukrainian Deputy PM Arbuzov to act as prime minister - Azarov's spokesman ...
ReplyDeleteUkrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov will serve for the time being as acting prime minister instead of outgoing Mykola Azarov, in compliance with the Ukrainian law On the Cabinet of Ministers, Azarov's press secretary Vitaly Lukyanenko said.
"The president has instructed the Cabinet of ministers to continue performing its duties before a new government can start its work. This means that, in keeping with the law On the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the first deputy prime minister will perform the prime ministerial duties," Lukyanenko said.
Today Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in a decree accepted the offer of resignation from Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and the entire cabinet.
"I accept the resignation of Mykola Azarov and as a consequence the resignation of the entire Ukrainian government," read the text of the decree published on the presidency website.
He requested they stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new government is named.
Earlier on Tuesday, Azarov has submitted his resignation amid an ongoing political turmoil in the country.....Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_28/Ukrainian-Deputy-PM-Arbuzov-to-act-as-prime-minister-Azarovs-spokesman-0291/
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Krise in der Ukraine: Klitschko fordert Janukowitsch zur Kapitulation auf....
ReplyDeleteStaatschef Janukowitsch hat seinen Premier zurücktreten lassen und auch die umstrittenen Demonstrationsgesetze rückgängig gemacht. Doch der Opposition in der Ukraine reicht das nicht: Der Präsident müsse gehen, stellt Ex-Boxweltmeister Klitschko klar. Der Kampf gehe weiter.....http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-klitschko-fordert-janukowitsch-zur-kapitulation-auf-a-946088.html
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