Ukraine’s prime minister to resign in bid to end political crisis

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&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Ukraine&&num;8217&semi;s embattled prime minister has announced that he is resigning&comma; opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his weekly televised address&comma; Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to parliament on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the same day&comma; parliament is expected to vote to elect current speaker Volodymyr Groysman as the new prime minister&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Yatsenyuk&&num;8217&semi;s cabinet survived a no-confidence vote in February&comma; but two parties left the governing coalition to protest against the failure to oust the prime minister&comma; who is under fire over the worsening economy and slow pace of reforms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The withdrawal deprived the coalition of its majority in the Ukrainian parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If politicians failed to form a new coalition and unite behind a new prime minister&comma; that could have led to early elections&comma; which president Petro Poroshenko had sought to avoid for fear of further destabilising the situation in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;From today I see my goals as broader than the powers of the head of the government&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Yatsenyuk said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said he would focus on passing a new electoral law&comma; enacting constitutional and judicial reform&comma; and ensuring &&num;8220&semi;the coalition&&num;8217&semi;s control over the course of the new government&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Yatsenyuk said the two factions remaining in the coalition &&num;8211&semi; one led by him and the other by Mr Poroshenko &&num;8211&semi; had won the support of a sufficient number of other parliament members to restore their majority in the 450-seat parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said Mr Poroshenko&&num;8217&semi;s party has nominated Mr Groysman as his replacement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko said it is now clear that Mr Groysman would become prime minister&comma; a step that should help restore stability&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I am confident that Yatsenyuk consulted with the Western partners and was told that now the matter of political stability in Ukraine needs not games around the post of prime minister but a quick resolution of the political crisis&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Fesenko said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed11f0aace6">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed11f0aace6'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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