Ukraine’s parliament ousts Tymoshenko government in a no-confidence vote
By APWednesday, March 3, 2010
Tymoshenko’s government ousted in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian parliament has ousted the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a no-confidence vote.
Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn says the no-confidence resolution passed with 243 votes in the 450-seat chamber.
The vote Wednesday followed weeks of shifting alliances in the parliament after the pro-Western Tymoshenko lost her bid for the presidency to Kremlin-friendly Viktor Yanukovych.
A new majority coalition is expected to form around Yanukovych’s Party of Regions and would then be able to put forward a new prime minister.
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