Turmoil in Kyiv continued as President Petro Poroshenko called on both Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin to resign on February 16. The President’s parliamentary faction then introduced a resolution in the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, describing the performance of the cabinet of ministers, headed by Yatsenyuk, as inadequate. That measure passed, but Yatsenyuk then suggested that the Rada consider a resolution of no-confidence in the government, which he also leads. Had that vote passed, the government would have dissolved, and Yatsenyuk would have lost his job. But that resolution could not command a majority. It failed by …read more
Source: Atlantic Council
