Verkhovna Rada adjourns session until June 14

RFE/RL Newsline

KYIV - The Verkhovna Rada gathered on June 7 to resume its first session, which opened on May 25, Ukrainian media reported. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine and the Socialist Party requested a recess in the session until June 14 in order to conclude their talks on forging a majority coalition.

The motion was endorsed by 227 votes, after which Our Ukraine lawmaker Mykola Katerynchuk, who presided over the sitting, closed the debate.

Lawmakers from the Party of the Regions and the Communist Party tried to prevent the vote by breaking the electronic voting system in the session hall but were not quick enough.

The three allies in the 2004 Orange Revolution had adjourned the session two weeks ago, citing the need to work out a coalition accord. It was hoped that the coalition agreement would be concluded by June 7.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 11, 2006, No. 24, Vol. LXXIV

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