Ukraine president Victor Yushchenko dissolves Parliament and calls for elections
KIEV: President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine on Monday signed an order to dissolve Parliament and called early elections.
Yushchenko, who acted after more than seven hours of talks with parliamentary leaders failed, accused the parliamentary majority led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych of seeking to expand its power base in violation of the constitution, and of making decisions that violated the law.
“My actions are dictated by the strict necessity to save the state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Yushchenko said. “It is not only my right, it is my obligation.”
As Yushchenko spoke, Parliament met in an extraordinary session. Yanukovych and top government officials sat in the hall looking glum as the speaker of the Parliament, Oleksandr Moroz told lawmakers that Yushchenko had no legal basis to make such a decision.
It was not immediately clear if the 450-seat legislative body would try to ignore the ruling.
So, now we will have a new elections