{"id":1025,"date":"2006-01-10T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-10T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/01\/10\/113690220865325260\/"},"modified":"2006-01-10T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-10T14:04:00","slug":"113690220865325260","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/01\/113690220865325260\/","title":{"rendered":"113690220865325260"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ukraine parliament sacks government? According to the BBC’s ticker-tape, at any rate, but no details as of yet. Either way, after Prime Minister Yury Yekhanurov defended the Russian gas deal<\/a> earlier today, it looks like the MPs haven’t bought it. Until more details emerge, here’s a good overview of why the deal could be flawed<\/a>, and another defending it<\/a>, as well as a bit more background on the domestic Ukranian troubles<\/a> caused by the deal and the growth in anti-Russian sentiment<\/a>. Is this the end of the Orange Revolution?<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b> Here’s the BBC’s stub<\/a>, doubtless soon to be expanded upon. Looks like a no-confidence vote in the government was backed by 250 out of 450 MPs which should, from what I can tell, force an early general election.<\/p>\n

Update 2:<\/b> Hmmm… According to Auntie, “Mr Yekhanurov has told reporters his government is not bound by the parliamentary vote”. Yaaaay! Ignoring the will of the democratically-elected legislature in a country which saw a popular revolution just over a year ago – nice one… Keep your eye on former PM and Orange Revolution leading light, the rather gorgeous Yulia Tymoshenko<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update 3:<\/b> “Mr Yushchenko told reporters on a visit to Kazakhstan: ‘This decision will be shown to be unconstitutional.'” – not “this vote IS unconstitutional”, please note. Either way, one might ask what good a constitution is if it doesn’t force a government to abide by a vote of no confidence…<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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